Title: 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)
Date: 7th month, 1776
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1726–1792
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
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 11/16 x 5 15/16 in. (32.2 x 15.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men, term: Actors