Actors Yamashita Kintarô as Usuyuki-hime (R) and Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Sonobe Saemon (L)

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Actors Yamashita Kintarô as Usuyuki-hime (R) and Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Sonobe Saemon (L)

山下金太郎の薄雪姫　　三代目沢村宗十郎の園部左衛門

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1779 (An'ei 8), 8th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.4 x 29.2 cm (12 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7116-7

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #411 (one sheet only)

DescriptionDiptych: 21.7116 (left), 21.7117 (right)

Play: Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
新薄雪物語（しんうすゆきものがたり）
中村

Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, 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.