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Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Traveller Beside a Clump of Iris by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

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Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Traveller Beside a Clump of Iris

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Traveller Beside a Clump of Iris

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Traveller Beside a Clump of Iris

Katsukawa Shunsho

1775–1785

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Sheet: 29.9 x 14.4 cm (11 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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Shunsho was a well-known painter and printmaker in Edo who dominated the actor print field in his time.

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