二代目市川八百藏・二代目中島三甫右衛門・三代目市川海老藏・九代目市村羽左衛門|Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)
Object type: Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章
Artist bio: Japanese, 1726–1792
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 7th month, 1776
Medium: One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 12 5/8 x 17 7/16 in. (32.1 x 44.3 cm); Image: 12 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (32.4 x 14.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Accession year: 1918
Tags: Swords|Men|Actors