Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)
Katsukawa Shunsho · About 1768
Provenance
Ownership history
- The Baron Fujita Family Collection. Yamanaka & Company; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, Apr. 1930; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 1930.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Clark, Timothy T., Osamu Ueda and Donald Jenkins, "The Actor's Image", ed. Naomi Noble Richard (Chicago: Art Institute with Princeton University Press, 1994). plate 32
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