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Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Traveller Beside a Clump of Iris
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Shunsho was a well-known painter and printmaker in Edo who dominated the actor print field in his time.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineIchikawa Danjuro V as a Traveller Beside a Clump of Iris, c. 1780. Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792). Color woodblock print; sheet: 29.9 x 14.4 cm (11 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade, 1921.1271
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