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Memorial Portrait of Matsumoto Kōshirō V, Age 75

c. 1838

Utagawa Kunihide 歌川 国英

(Japanese, active 1820s-1850s)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 37.5 x 26.1 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Claude Cassirer 1977.68
Public Domain
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Not on view
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This kabuki actor was known for playing bad guys. His fans would have collected this portrait as a memento following his death in May 1838.
A vertical woodblock print depicts actor Matsumoto Koshiro V, an older man with light skin tone seated cross-legged and facing left. He has a prominent nose and wears a wide-shouldered, light-blue garment over a dark blue robe, holding prayer beads. Above him, vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy are layered over red dripping shapes. To our right, small text boxes and seals identify the subject and artist in the upper half.

Memorial Portrait of Matsumoto Kōshirō V, Age 75

c. 1838

Utagawa Kunihide

(Japanese, active 1820s-1850s)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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