Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe Suetake, Onoe Matsusuke I as Usui Sadamitsu, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna in “The Four Heavenly Kings Costumed as the Night Watch”

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe Suetake, Onoe Matsusuke I as Usui Sadamitsu, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna in “The Four Heavenly Kings Costumed as the Night Watch”

Katsukawa ShunzanLinkedCulture matchlcp-4f52e06f4297

From the Cleveland Museum of Art record

This triptych (a composition of three prints) 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. The actor Onoe Matsusuke I’s identity is revealed by a fan with the ideograph matsu (松), or “pine,” tucked into his robe, just against his breastplate.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
triptych of color woodblock prints
Credit Line
Gift from J. H. Wade
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Japanese Art

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creation_date
1781

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Three samurai in traditional attire hold swords and pose dramatically.

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Provenance
?–1921: (Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1921–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Object ID
103239
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Katsukawa Shunzan
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
triptych of color woodblock prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Japanese Art
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift from J. H. Wade
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Provenance
?–1921: (Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1921–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date
1781
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1781
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1781
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe Suetake, Onoe Matsusuke I as Usui Sadamitsu, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna in “The Four Heavenly Kings Costumed as the Night Watch”

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