The Actor Kasaya Matakuro II as the Boatman Rokuzo in an Unidentified Play, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fifth Month, 1770

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsukawa Shunsho

Title

The Actor Kasaya Matakuro II as the Boatman Rokuzo in an Unidentified Play, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fifth Month, 1770

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1767–1777

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban; illustration from the later edition of the book Ehon Butai Ogi

Dimensions

27.7 × 15 cm (10 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.) (trimmed)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.762

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