In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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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Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762–1819) — Ichikawa Monnosuke 
Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762–1819) — Onoe Matsusuke I as
Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792) — Ichimura Uzaemon I
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英
Utagawa Toyokuni I
Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active c. 1765–92) — Onoe Kikug
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812) — Otani Hiroji III as
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章 — 五代目市川団十郎|Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danj
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
Utagawa Toyokuni I
