勝川春章画 二代目中村傳九郎|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Denkurō II

勝川春章画 二代目中村傳九郎|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Denkurō II by Katsukawa Shunshō

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

11 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (29.2 x 14.0 cm)

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

JP125

Tags

SwordsMenActors

About the Artist

Katsukawa Shunshō · 17261792

Katsukawa Shunshō (1726–1793) revolutionized ukiyo-e printmaking by introducing realistic portraiture to kabuki actor prints, founding the Katsukawa school that would dominate theatrical imagery in late 18th-century Japan. Born in 1726, Shunshō transformed the conventional approach to yakusha-e (actor prints) by depicting performers with individual facial features and genuine likenesses rather tha...

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