id: 101856 accession number: 1920.518 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.518 updated: 2023-01-10 18:19:20.046000 Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō, 1779. Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812). Color woodblock print; sheet: 30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1920.518 title: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō title in original language: 二代目市川門之助の曽我五郎 series: series in original language: creation date: 1779 creation date earliest: 1779 creation date latest: 1779 current location: creditline: Gift from J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: color woodblock print department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Katsukawa Shunko ga translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Hayashi Tadamasa date: footnotes: citations: Minamoto (seal on verso) date: footnotes: citations: (Yamanaka & Co., sold to Jeptha H. Wade II) date: footnotes: citations: Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1920 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1920– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Some Kabuki plays centered on the legend of the Soga brothers, Gorō and Jurō, who avenge their father’s murder before coming to their own demise. The setting is near Mount Fuji, part of which appears in the background. The print is likely from a diptych (a composition of two prints). The other print would have shown the rest of the mountain and Gorō’s retainer (a person retained by another to act in a military capacity), Asahina Saburō, tugging at the same pine bough as Gorō—a twist on scenes in which Saburō pulled Gorō’s armor to try to prevent him from protecting his brother. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.518/1920.518_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.518/1920.518_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.518/1920.518_full.tif