# Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake

- By: Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active c. 1782–98)
- Date: 1781
- Medium: One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Sheet: 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Gift from J. H. Wade
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.314.a)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.314.a/1921.314.a_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.