The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1782
- Date:
- c. 1782
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; hosoban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A single actor stands in three-quarter view against a plain cream ground with a mustard-yellow band at his feet, holding aloft an open umbrella patterned in orange, red, and black concentric segments. He wears a black kimono with small crests at the shoulder and a pale under-robe showing at the collar and hem, a wide beige obi, and two swords thrust through his sash; his face is turned sharply to the side with an intent expression, and his black hair is tied up with a purple cloth. Vertical hosoban-format color woodblock print, 1782, by Katsukawa Shunjō, depicting Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sukeroku in *Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura*, performed at the Ichimura Theater.
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The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1782 was created by Katsukawa Shunjō (勝川春常) in c. 1782.
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1782 depicts sumo.