Kabuki Actor Nakamura Matsue

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Katsukawa Shunshō presents Nakamura Matsue as a kabuki actor, making a named stage personality the subject of this print. The standing female-role figure wears an ochre patterned robe, with a hand near the head and a broad, flat object held at the side. The flowing garment gives the small gesture a spacious setting, allowing costume and posture to shape the represented presence.

Made around 1772, the nishiki-e woodblock print was produced with ink and color on paper. Its lasting interest lies in the relationship between recognition and performance: an actor’s public identity can remain meaningful even when a particular part is unnamed. Shunshō gives that identity a form that can be encountered beyond the occasion of a live appearance, preserving the individual connection to the theater rather than treating the subject as a general symbol of acting.