Three Komuso Monks: The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Kudo Suketsune (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (center), and Ichikawa Omezo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Act Six of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga (Pale Purple Soga, Edo Style), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-third Day of the First Month, 1792

Arts of Asia

c. 1792

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章
Japanese, 1726-1792
Publisher: Harimaya Shinshichi

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho
Title: Three Komuso Monks: The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Kudo Suketsune (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (center), and Ichikawa Omezo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Act Six of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga (Pale Purple Soga, Edo Style), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-third Day of the First Month, 1792
Date: 1787–1797
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; triptych
Dimensions: 32.8 × 14.4 cm (12 15/16 × 5 11/16) (right); 36.2 × 14.7 cm (14 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.) (center); 32.7 × 14.3 cm (12 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.) (left)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Gaylord Donnelley
Reference Number: 1969.689
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