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Katsukawa Shun'ei
Actor in a Female Rolecirca 1790

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, full-length standing figure in a black patterned kimono with trailing hem, turning slightly, before a bamboo fence with cherry blossoms above
Artist or Maker
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Japan, 1762-1819
Title
Actor in a Female Role
Date Made
circa 1790
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 12 9/16 × 5 3/4 in. (31.91 × 14.61 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 × 5 3/4 in. (32.07 × 14.61 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.3
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Goodall, Hollis. Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Barbara S. Bowman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015.