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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Akoya in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1779

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

Date:

c. 1779

Artist:

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章
Japanese, 1726-1792

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shunsho

Title

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Akoya in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1779

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1774–1784

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

Dimensions

31.3 × 14.1 cm (12 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.640

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