////Katsukawa School (Shunshō?). Portrait of an actor (Ichikawa Monnosuke II?). Circa 1780s.

Katsukawa School (Shunshō?). Portrait of an actor (Ichikawa Monnosuke II?). Circa 1780s.

An unsigned print, presumably by Katsukawa Shunshō that presumably depicts a kabuki actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II. I was not able to find any reference of the image.

Size: Hosoban.

According to The actor’s image. Print makers of the Katsukawa School. Timothy T. Clark and Osamu Ueda with Donald Jenkins. Naomi Noble Richard, editor The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Princeton  University Press, 1994, Ichikawa Monnosuke II was born in 1743, in Ōji Takinogawa, Edo. He died on October 19, 1974. His specialities were young male roles (wakashu) and male leads (tachi yaku). He was considered to be one of the four best young actors of his day.

SKU: SVJP-0177 Categories: ,

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