Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792; published by Kariganeya Ihei
Title:
The actor Nakamura Matsue as a woman holding a pipe, from A Picture Book of Theatrical Fans
Date:
1770
Materials:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
11 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches
Current Location:
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum
Address:
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Object ID:
1969.4.2
Provenance:
Gift of Orrel P. Reed, Jr. in Memory of Mr. Edwin Grabhorn.
Object Type:
Oban, book page
Heading:
Notes
Notes:
Inscription: Recto, Hayashi seal at left center
Notes:
Page from an important book of 106 half-length portraits of kabuki actors, with fan-shaped borders, designed by Shunsho and Ippitsusai Buncho (1760-ca. 1794).
Notes:
References: Binyon and Sexton 1
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/kt5z09n85 8

The actor Nakamura Matsue as a woman holding a pipe, from A Picture Book of Theatric…