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The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kongara Doji in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

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. 1780

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 Sawamura Sojuro III as Kongara Doji in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

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.

1775–1785

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

Dimensions

31 × 14 cm (12 3/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.743

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