二代目市川八百藏・二代目中島三甫右衛門・三代目市川海老藏・九代目市村羽左衛門|Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)

二代目市川八百藏・二代目中島三甫右衛門・三代目市川海老藏・九代目市村羽左衛門|Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami) by Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

Medium

One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Overall: 12 5/8 x 17 7/16 in. (32.1 x 44.3 cm); Image: 12 9/16 x 5 3/4 in. (31.9 x 14.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918

Accession Number

JP553

Tags

MenActors

About the Artist

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章 (Japanese) · 1726 1792

Japanese, 1726–1792

    Send Feedback

    We use this only to reply to your feedback.