id:			103239
accession number:	1921.314
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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
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creation date:			1781
creation date earliest:		1781
creation date latest:		1781
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creditline:			Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	triptych of color woodblock prints
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active c. 1782–98)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1934-09-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. 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
	<i>Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1921
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1921–
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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 <em>matsu </em>(松), or “pine,” tucked into his robe, just against his breastplate.
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