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Enkyo, artist
Japanese, 1749 - 1803
Actor Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuomaru, circa 1796
color woodcut
28.4 x 21 cm (image); 29 x 21.7 cm (sheet)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.20312

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Artist Biography: Naka,ura Jusuke (Shigesuke). go= Enkyo, Kabukido Enkyo. Active as printmaker only in year 1796, when he made seven known prints (yakusha-e) in the manner of Sharaku. (See Roberts for m,ore details). Known more as writer of plays, copmic books, and chap books under name Nakamura Jusuke.