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Title

(Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV)

1790s

Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Japan

1762 – 1819

  • Details

    Other Title
    A kabuki actor (Iwai Hanshirô)
    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
    Date
    1790s
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    colour woodcut
    Dimensions
    30.0 x 13.8 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed l.r. in Japanese, ink [inscribed on block] "Shun'ei ga [picture by Shun'ei]". Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1930
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    4352
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Katsukawa Shun'ei

    Works in the collection

    2

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Provenance

    Samurai Shōkai, Yokohama/Kanagawa/Japan, purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1930.

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