Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s

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Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami), 二代目市川八百藏・二代目中島三甫右衛門・三代目市川海老藏・九代目市村羽左衛門, Edo period (1615–1868), 7th month, 1776, Japan, One sheet of a triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Overall: 12 5/8 x 17 7/16 in. ( x cm); Image: 12 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792), This dramatic scene known as 'Pulling the Carriage Apart' (Kuruma-biki), was performed at Ichimura Theater, in August 1776. Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro IV), seated on the ground in front of the cart at the right, acted as the character Matsuo-maru, one of three brother retainers

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