The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Karigane Bunshichi, Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei, Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon, Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro, and Sakata Hangoro II as Hotei Ichiemon (right to left), in "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), an Interlude in Part Two of the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga (A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Second Month, 1780

Arts of Asia

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Karigane Bunshichi, Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei, Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen’emon, Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro, and Sakata Hangoro II as Hotei Ichiemon (right to left), in “Gonin Otoko” (Five Chivalrous Commoners), an Interlude in Part Two of the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga (A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Second Month, 1780

c. 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章
Japanese, 1726-1792

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho
Title: The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Karigane Bunshichi, Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei, Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon, Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro, and Sakata Hangoro II as Hotei Ichiemon (right to left), in "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), an Interlude in Part Two of the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga (A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Second Month, 1780
Origin: Japan
Date: 1775–1785
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; pentaptych
Dimensions: 31.3 × 14.5 cm (12 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.); 31.3 × 14.1 cm (12 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.); 31.3 × 14.5 cm (12 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.); 31.3 × 14.8 cm (12 5/16 × 5 13/16); 31.3 × 14.1 cm (12 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.) (right to left)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Donnelley
Reference Number: 1970.492
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