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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the Play Kite Hajime Hatsugai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1774

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. 1774

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 Nakamura Tomijuro I as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the Play Kite Hajime Hatsugai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1774

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.

1769–1779

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

Dimensions

31.3 × 14.2 cm (12 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.767

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