The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shunsho

Title

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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1763–1773

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Inscriptions

SIGNATURE: Katsukawa Shunshô ga ARTIST'S SEAL: Hayashi in jar-shaped outline

Dimensions

38.3 × 26 cm (15 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.2365

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