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The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Sotoku Taishi (?) Disguised as a Young Building Worker, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych.
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  • A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych.

Date:

c. 1773

Artist:

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章
Japanese, 1726-1792

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Status

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Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shunsho

Title

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Sotoku Taishi (?) Disguised as a Young Building Worker, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1768–1778

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

Dimensions

29.4 × 13 cm (11 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.2432

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