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Actors Nakamura Sukegorô II as Kaminari Shôkurô (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Gokuin Sen'emon (L)


二代目中村助五郎の雷庄九郎  五代目市川団十郎の極印千右衛門
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 30.3 x 28.5 cm (11 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.590, 11.18777
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #436 (right sheet only)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete pentaptych): 06.590 (left), 11.18777 (right)

Main play: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Additional play, added in the 2nd month: Gonin Otoko
Theater: Nakamura
初紋日郭曽我(はつもんびくるわそが)
五人男(ごにんおとこ)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross