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

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

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 × 15 cm (12 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.); left: 32.9 × 15.2 cm (12 15/16 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1938.491

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