Actors Ichikawa Yaozô II as Sakuramaru (R), Nakajima Mihoemon II as Fujiwara Shihei and Ichikawa Ebizô III as Matsuômaru (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Umeômaru (L)

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Actors Ichikawa Yaozô II as Sakuramaru (R), Nakajima Mihoemon II as Fujiwara Shihei and Ichikawa Ebizô III as Matsuômaru (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Umeômaru (L)

二代目市川八百蔵の桜丸　　二代目中島三甫右衛門の藤原時平、三代目市川海老蔵の松王丸　　九代目市村宇左衛門の梅王丸

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1776 (An'ei 5), 7th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 31.2 x 43.3 cm (12 5/16 x 17 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7140-2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #56; Shibai-e ni miru Edo Meiji no kabuki (Waseda, 2003), pp. 76-7; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #337; Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #s 30-2; Gookin cat. #158

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7140 (left), 21.7141 (center), 21.7142 (right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
菅原伝授手習鑑（すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ）
市村

Signed Shunshô ga (on left and right sheets only)
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.