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)

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章, 7th month, 1776

Artist

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Date

7th month, 1776

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

One sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Size

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)

Type

Prints

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed