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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke

Katsukawa Shunsho

1726–1792

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Image: 31.5 x 15.4 cm (12 3/8 x 6 1/16 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 (present-day Tokyo) who dominated the actor print field. He was very important as a teacher to some of the most talented artists of the next generation, including Shunko, Shunzan, and Shunei.

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The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Kameo (right), and Sakata Sajuro I as Ario (left), in the Play Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1768

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Kameo (right), and Sakata Sajuro I as Ario (left), in the Play Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1763

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th AS A KOMUSO

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th AS A KOMUSO

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1780

The First Nakamura Nakazo as Warrior Disguised as a Rokubu

The First Nakamura Nakazo as Warrior Disguised as a Rokubu

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770

The actor Nakamura Nakazo as a rokuju-rokubu (pilgrim to Buddhist temple)

The actor Nakamura Nakazo as a rokuju-rokubu (pilgrim to Buddhist temple)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770

The Third Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai Standing

The Third Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai Standing

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1769

The Actors Bando Zenji I as Nagahashi Saburo, Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Konozo as Hagai Ujitsune, and an Unidentified Actor (right to left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1766

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770

Courtesans of the Tamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Tamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

Possibly Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II and an Actor of the Ichikawa Family

Possibly Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II and an Actor of the Ichikawa Family

Katsukawa Shunsho

Four Oiran of the House Called Kadokana-ya Playing the Game of Ko-awase (Incense Game)

Four Oiran of the House Called Kadokana-ya Playing the Game of Ko-awase (Incense Game)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776