id: 103239 accession number: 1921.314 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.314 updated: 2022-08-04 09:00:28.332000 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”, 1781. Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active c. 1782–98). Triptych of color woodblock prints; overall: 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.314 title: 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” title in original language: 四天王宿直着綿 二代目市川門之助の卜部季末武、初代尾上松助の碓井貞光、初代中村仲蔵の渡辺綱 series: series in original language: creation date: 1781 creation date earliest: 1781 creation date latest: 1781 current location: creditline: Gift from J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: triptych of color woodblock prints department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active c. 1782–98) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection opening date: 1934-09-05T04:00:00 Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934). title: Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235 opening date: 2022-04-08T04:00:00 Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1921 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1921– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.314/1921.314_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.314/1921.314_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.314/1921.314_full.tif