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The Third Sawamura Sojūrō in the Role of Soga no Jūrō

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-54602 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Figures, Portrait, Theatre & Performance Artist: Shunsho, Katsukawa

Tags: Asian, Figures, Portrait, Theatre & Performance

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In Sawamura Sōjūrō III as Soga no Jūrō, Katsukawa Shunshō brings the actor close through a bust-length portrait. A pale hat or headcloth frames the calm face, while crossed green and ochre robes organize the body below. The large open field above keeps attention on this concentrated human presence rather than on a full stage setting.

Made around 1779, this ink-and-color woodblock print gives a stage identity a lasting visual form. The named role situates the figure within drama without requiring a complete scene or plot to be reconstructed. Shunshō’s image keeps the performer’s individuality connected to the character he assumes. Its interest lies in that meeting of recognition and transformation, where a known actor becomes convincing as someone understood to belong to another story.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Katsukawa Shunshō collection.