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Title

(The actor Nakamura Noshio I in the role of a lady looking into the mirror)

circa 1773
printed circa 1919

Artist

Katsukawa Katsukawa Shunshō

Japan

1726 – 1792

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
    Dates
    circa 1773
    printed circa 1919
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
    Dimensions
    30.5 x 14.8 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed l.c., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Shunshô ga [picture by Shunshô]". Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1952
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    8664
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Katsukawa Katsukawa Shunshō

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Provenance

    Dr E Milch, Japan, purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 'Japanese colour prints: a loan exhibition from the collection of Dr Eugen Milch' 1952.