
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Actor Onoe Matsusuke
Katsukawa ShunshōLinkedCulture matchlcp-78ef94f51c9d
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 152536
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Shunsho was a well-known painter and printmaker in Edo (present-day Tokyo) who dominated the actor print field. He was very important as a teacher to some of the most talented artists of the next generation, including Shunko, Shunzan, and Shunei.
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- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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