The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro in the Role of a Daimyo's Retainer
Dateca. 1780s
Label TextKatsukawa Shunsho was renowned for introducing individualized realism into actor prints. In fact, he was the first print artist to create recognizable portraits of contemporary actors. His images have a delicacy and sense of color not found in the actor prints of the Torii school, and the small, narrow format of many of his works lends a pleasing intimacy.
Object number2013.31.7
Provenance[Thomas French Fine Art, Fairlawn, Ohio]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2005; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2013
Photo CreditPhoto: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 15, reproduced p. 38.Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsSheet size: 13 x 5 3/4 in. (33 x 14.6 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
January 1857
Object number: 98.53.51
ca. 1800-05
Object number: 2014.32.8
1801-02
Object number: 2017.23.15
1801-02
Object number: 2017.23.14
August 1857
Object number: 98.53.58
February 1862
Object number: 98.53.69
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