The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as a skeleton, spirit of the renegade monk Seigen (left), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (right), in the joruri "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura (Vestiges of Pine and Cherry)," from part two of the play "Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga (Flower of Edo: An Ichikawa Soga)," performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the second month, 1783

Asian Art

1783

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章
Japanese, 1726-1792

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Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho
Title: The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as a skeleton, spirit of the renegade monk Seigen (left), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (right), in the joruri "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura (Vestiges of Pine and Cherry)," from part two of the play "Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga (Flower of Edo: An Ichikawa Soga)," performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the second month, 1783
Origin: Japan
Date: 1783
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE Shunshô-ga
Dimensions: Right: 32.9 x 15 cm (12 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.); left: 32.9 x 15.2 cm (12 15/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1938.491

Purchased by the Art Institue with funds from Kate S. Buckingham’s estate from the estate of Frederick Gookin.

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