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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke
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Shunsho was a well-known painter and printmaker in Edo (present-day Tokyo) who dominated the actor print field. He was very important as a teacher to some of the most talented artists of the next generation, including Shunko, Shunzan, and Shunei.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Actor Onoe Matsusuke. Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792). Color woodblock print; image: 31.5 x 15.4 cm (12 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.353
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