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Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake
二代目市川門之助の卜部季末武
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Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川 春山
(Japanese, active c. 1782–98)
(1615-1868)
One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
Sheet: 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.314.a
Location
not on view
Description
This print is part of a triptych (a composition of three prints) that shows actors portraying three of the four famed protectors of imperial regent Minamoto Yorimitsu (948?–1021). Collectively, they are known as his Shitennō (四天王), or “Four Heavenly Kings,” after the Buddhist deities who guard the four cardinal directions. The characters are indicated by the large house crests on their robes.