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)

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 Japanese

7th month, 1776

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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
Title: 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)
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 7th month, 1776
Culture: Japan
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 11/16 x 5 15/16 in. (32.2 x 15.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Object Number: JP464
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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