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初代中村理好の揚巻、初代中村中蔵の意休、五代目市川団十郎の助六
Actors, from right: Nakamura Rikô I as Agemaki, Nakamura Nakazô I as Hige no Ikyû, and Ichikawa Danjurô V as Sukeroku
初代中村理好の揚巻、初代中村中蔵の意休、五代目市川団十郎の助六
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month or 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban triptych; 31.3 x 43.1 cm (12 5/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7149-51
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #89 (complete); Hattori, Ichikawa Danjûrô daidai (2002), #86 (complete); Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #493 (photo of C only, description of pentaptych); Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #s 33-7 (complete)
DescriptionTriptych (three sheets of pentaptych): 21.7149 (left), 21.7150 (center), 21.7151 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.18847 (CR), 21.4056 (CL), 21.4057 (R), 21.7149-51 (CR, C, CL), 34.376 (CL)
Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我（ななくさよそおいそが）
中村
The actors performed in these roles in the first month and again in the fifth month.
MFA impressions: 11.18847 (CR), 21.4056 (CL), 21.4057 (R), 21.7149-51 (CR, C, CL), 34.376 (CL)
Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我（ななくさよそおいそが）
中村
The actors performed in these roles in the first month and again in the fifth month.
Signed
Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
春章画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.