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Shunkô Katsukawa
(1743 - 1812)
L'acteur Onoe Matsusuke en moine mendiant
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier
Guimet Museum
http://www.guimet.fr/fr/
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Keywords:
beggar
ukiyo-e (estampe)
Japanese actor (film)
kabuki
Japanese (representation of)
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About the artwork
Title:
L'acteur Onoe Matsusuke en moine mendiant
Periods:
ère Tenmei (1781-1789)
18th century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
nishike-e print
Inventory number:
MA7008
Detail:
Keisei Ide no Yamabuki, pièce donnée au théâtre Nakamura le 5e mois de 1787. Signé : Shunkô ga. Vers 1787
Location:
Guimet Museum
About the author(s)
Author:
Shunkô Katsukawa
Also known as:
Kotsubo
Katsukawa Shunkō
Kiyokawa Denjirō
Born:
1743
Dead:
1812
Country:
Japon
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Katsukawa Shunkō I
(Japanese:
勝川 春好
; 1743 – 1 December 1812) was a Japanese artist who designed ukiyo-e-style woodblock prints and paintings in Edo (modern Tokyo). He was a student of Katsukawa Shunshō, and is generally credited with designing the first large-head actor portraits (ōkubi-e). As his teacher did, Shunkō used a jar-shaped seal and was known as
kotsubo
("little jar"). At 45, the right-handed Shunkō became partially paralyzed and ceased designing prints, although he continued…
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