DETAILS
- Artist
- Katsukawa Shunshō
- Date
- 1726
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Japanese Art
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
Stand in front of it and listen
The full narration walks you through The Actor Onoe Matsusuke — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Katsukawa Shunshō
Katsukawa Shunshō revolutionized ukiyo-e by depicting Kabuki actors with unprecedented realism, capturing their true likenesses beyond their stage roles.
KEEP EXPLORING
More works to explore
Beyond Shunshō: works from the same years.
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Samuel Bradford (1652–1731), Master (1716–1724), Bishop of Rochester (1723–1731)
John Theodore Heins · 1729 · Corpus Christi College
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Venus and Cupid
Adriaen van der Werff · 1716 · Czartoryski Museum
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Sr. Hudibras, His Passing Worth, The Manner How He Sally'd Forth": Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 2
William Hogarth · 1725 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Viererleÿ Vorstellungen angenehm-und zierlicher Grundrisse folgender Lustgärten ausser der Residenz-Stadt Wienn..
Salomon Kleiner · 1725 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Two Pieces of Embroidery
Philippe de la Salle · 1723 · Cleveland Museum of Art