Japan: 'Portrait of Three Actors: Ichikawa Komazo II, Sakata Hangoro III and Nakayama Fukasaburo I'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shun'ei (176

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Japan: 'Portrait of Three Actors: Ichikawa Komazo II, Sakata Hangoro III and Nakayama Fukasaburo I'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819), 1794. Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762 - 13 December 1819), real name Isoda Shun'ei, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist from Tokyo. He joined the Katsukawa school of ukiyo-e artists, and mainly designed yakusha-e kabuki portraits, though he also dabbled in musha-e warrior prints and prints of sumo wrestlers. He became head of the Katsukawa school in 1800.

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