Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Taira no Kiyomori and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Takiguchi in a Shibaraku Scene

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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Taira no Kiyomori and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Takiguchi in a Shibaraku Scene

初代中村仲蔵の平清盛、五代目市川団十郎の滝口

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1770 (Meiwa 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.2 x 14.8 cm (12 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4329

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Katsukawa Shunshô (Ôta Mus. cat., 2016), #10; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #84; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #112, pl. 44; Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #128

DescriptionPlay: Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato
Theater: Nakamura
鵺森一陽的（ぬえのもりいちようのまと）
中村

Signed Shunshô ga
春章画

Marks Artist's seal: Rin (in jar shape)

ProvenanceDecember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.