The Actor Sakata Hangoro II
Object Details
- Label
- Portraits of actors in fan-shaped frames were popular from the late 1860s. They were published both as books and as single-sheet prints. Some of the prints were actually mounted on folding-fan frames. Here Shunko, a talented pupil of Shunsho, renders the heavy-set actor Sakata Hangoro II (1724-1782). Shunko's skill in composition is displayed in the pose and placement of the actor within the unusual format. The role shown here may be that of a sumo wrestler.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection (September 15, 2002 to January 9, 2003)
- Credit Line
- The Anne van Biema Collection
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- ca. 1776
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- S2004.3.64
- Artist
- Katsukawa Shunko 勝川春好 (1743-1812)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 31.4 x 13.7 cm (12 3/8 x 5 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- portrait
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- fan
- theater
- kabuki
- Japan
- actor
- ukiyo-e
- hosoban
- yakusha-e
- Japanese Art
- Anne van Biema collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2004.3.64
