The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Ko no Moronao

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Ko no Moronao by Katsukawa Shunkō

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

11 15/32 x 5 in. (29.1 x 12.7 cm) (trimmed)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1914

Accession Number

JP165

Tags

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About the Artist

Katsukawa Shunkō

Katsukawa Shunkō I (1743–1812) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who pioneered the ōkubi-e (large-head) portrait format in kabuki actor prints and served as possibly the first student of Katsukawa Shunshō, the founder of the influential Katsukawa school. Born in 1743, Shunkō spent his entire life in Edo (modern Tokyo), working as both a painter and ukiyo-e printmaker specializing in yakusha-e (actor p...

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