# Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō, in 18th-century Japan

Katsukawa Shunkō designed this in 1779, aged 36. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> Some Kabuki plays centered on the legend of the Soga brothers, Gorō and Jurō, who avenge their father’s murder before coming to their own demise. The setting is near Mount Fuji, part of which appears in the background. The print is likely from a diptych (a composition of two prints).

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1779
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Dimensions: Sheet: 30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1920.518
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Katsukawa Shunkō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/katsukawa-shunko), Japanese, 1743–1812

1 works in the collection.

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