Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna

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Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna

Katsukawa Shunzan

Date
1781
Medium
One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This print is part of a triptych (a composition of three prints) that 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.

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