Ichikawa Sumizō VI as Shirai Gonpachi
About the Artwork

Born in 1886 in Yamanashi Prefecture, he moved to Tokyo as a child and studied traditional Nihonga painting under Kubota Beisen, who gave him the artistic name “Shunsen.” He later attended the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and developed a strong interest in kabuki theater while working as an illustrator for the newspape...

SKUtole0161_frgc_1421
CreatorNatori Shunsen
Year1926
MediumColor woodblock print
Original dimensions15.5 × 10.6875 in
Archive IDrs:100:44123