Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in "A Courtesan’s Mirror for the Eastern Provinces" (Keisei Azuma kagami)

Creator Name

Katsukawa Shunkō

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1788

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Woodblock print

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Title

Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in "A Courtesan’s Mirror for the Eastern Provinces" (Keisei Azuma kagami)

Creator

Katsukawa Shunkō, Japanese, 1743–1812, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

L. 12 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (31.4 x 14.6 cm) R. 12 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (31.1 x 14.9 cm);
height: 31.4centimetre;
width: 14.6centimetre;
height: 31.1centimetre;
width: 14.9centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1788

Provenance

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Trees; Actors

Topic

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Katsukawa Shunkō, Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in "A Courtesan’s Mirror for the Eastern Provinces" (Keisei Azuma kagami), 1788, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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