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Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-36821 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance Artist: Shunsho, Katsukawa

Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance

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Katsukawa Shunshō’s image of Iwai Hanshirō IV brings the identity of a kabuki performer into the focused space of an actor print. A hand rises near the face beside a railing, while a dark striped sleeve contrasts with the flowing, pale patterned lower robe. The gesture and the garment give the figure a poised presence, making the assumed role tangible through a particular bodily arrangement.

Made around 1778, the nishiki-e woodblock print uses ink and color on paper. The medium gives an otherwise temporary theatrical presence a durable form, carrying the actor’s identity beyond the occasion of a live appearance. The image’s interest lies in that continuity between performance and recognition. Shunshō offers a particular person to the viewer, preserving the human presence associated with the theater even when the specific dramatic part remains unnamed.

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