Onoe Matsusuke I as Ebisu, from The Stand-In Seven Gods of Good Fortune

c. 1780

Katsukawa Shunshō

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese Art

Onoe Matsusuke I as Ebisu, from The Stand-In Seven Gods of Good Fortune, c. 1780. Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792). Color woodblock print; sheet: 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.1280

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Katsukawa Shunshō
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: color woodblock print
Medium: color, woodblock, print
Dimensions: Sheet: 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Signature: Shunsho ga Inscription: 蛭子屋 Translation: House of Ebisu Remark: The curtains above the man read, “House of Ebisu” the god of fishermen.
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1921.1280
Credit Line: Gift from J. H. Wade
Exhibitions: Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235
Rights Statement: CC0