Four of the Five Actors Who Performed the Shosa "Gonen Otoko" by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

Four of the Five Actors Who Performed the Shosa "Gonen Otoko"

Four of the Five Actors Who Performed the Shosa "Gonen Otoko"

Katsukawa Shunsho

1768

Medium: Woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Four of a set of five hosoban 12 1/2 x 22 in. (31.8 x 55.9 cm) B.12 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.(32.4 x 14 cm) C.12 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (30.8 x 14 cm) D.12 5/6 x 5 7/16 in. (32.4 x 14 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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