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Jul 29, 2014
Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna
Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna
初代中村仲蔵の渡辺綱
1781
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Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川 春山
(Japanese, active c. 1782–98)
(1615-1868)
One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
Sheet: 31 x 14.4 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.314.c
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Description
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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