# The Actor Morita Kanya VIII as Tatsugorō, in The Floating World

Katsukawa Shun'ei designed this in 1794 (Kansei 6), aged 32. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1794 (Kansei 6)
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP1302
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Katsukawa Shun'ei](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/katsukawa-shun-ei), Japanese, 1762–1819

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