Actors Bandô Matatarô IV as Asagao Senbei (R) and Nakajima Mihoemon II as Kanpera Monbei (L)

四代目坂東又太郎の朝顔仙平　　二代目中島三甫右衛門のかんぺら門兵衛

Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)

Japanese

Edo period

1776 (An'ei 5), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.5 x 27.4 cm (12 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1252, 11.18357

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 201-5766 (L only, no date)

DescriptionDiptych: 06.1252 (right), 11.18357 (left)

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu Sakura
Theater: Ichimura
助六由縁はつ桜（すけろくゆかりのはつさくら）
市村

Signed Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
春好画

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross