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
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creation date:			1779
creation date earliest:		1779
creation date latest:		1779
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creditline:			Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Katsukawa Shunko ga
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PROVENANCE

	Hayashi Tadamasa
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	Minamoto (seal on verso)
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	(Yamanaka & Co., sold to Jeptha H. Wade II)
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	Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1920
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1920–
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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.
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