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Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as a Wrestler


四代目松本幸四郎の相撲取り
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1780s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.7 x 14.8 cm (12 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4199
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 5 (three sheets of five, including this one)
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.