The Actor Onoe Matsusuke (mid-1700s): Art, History and Details

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke (mid-1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: The Actor Onoe Matsusuke
• Date: mid-1700s
• Creator attribution: Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Print
• Technique: color woodblock print
• Dimensions: Image: 31.5 x 15.4 cm (12 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1985.353

Collection credit

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith

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