Japan: 'The Actor Otani Onji with Raised Sword, Standing by a Gate; by Night'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819), c. 1793-1797.

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Japan: 'The Actor Otani Onji with Raised Sword, Standing by a Gate; by Night'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819), c. 1793-1797. 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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