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Scene from the Drama “Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu”

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-36684 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance Artist: Shunsho, Katsukawa

Tags: Asian, Figures, Theatre & Performance

Description

Several actors share a dynamic scene from Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, turning the printed sheet into an encounter between theatrical figures. Their varied positions give the image a sense of activity rather than the stillness of an isolated portrait. Katsukawa Shunshō preserves a moment from a named drama while leaving the unfolding relationships to the composition itself.

Dated 1769, Katsukawa Shunshō’s color woodblock print belongs to Edo-period Japan. The combination of ink and color on paper makes a stage subject available as an independent visual encounter. Its appeal lies in that change of setting, where something created to unfold over time can also be held in one image and examined through the attention a print invites.

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