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Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Soga no Jûrô (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kudô Suketsune (C), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorô (L)


四代目松本幸四郎の曽我十郎  五代目市川団十郎の工藤助常  二代目市川門之助の曾我五郎
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1774 (An'ei 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 31.4 x 43.2 cm (12 3/8 x 17 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7134-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), fig. 3 (this impression, left sheet only)
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7134 (left), 21.7135 (center), 21.7136 (right)

Play: Oatsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata
Theater: Nakamura
Left sheet depicts actor Ichikawa Monnnosuke holding a puppet representing sumô wrestler Matano. Right sheet depicts actor holding a puppet representing Kawazu.
御誂染曽我雛形(おあつらえそがのひながた)
中村
Signed Shunshô (on right sheet), Shunshô ga (on center and left sheets)
春章画, 春章
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.