Ichikawa Danjûrô [VII or VIII] as Tsubone Iwafuji (old woman carrying a sandal, under a cherry tree)
Utagawa Kunisada
Description
Subject Matter:
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII was born in 1791. He began acting in kabuki at the age of four. He was known for a wide variety of role types. He held the name Danjūrō from 1800 to 1833. He died in 1859.
Physical Description:
The woman in this print is hunched over, showing her back to the viewer and holding a sandal behind her. She wears a white outer robe with colourful leaves and stands under a flowering tree.
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunisada ga; Publisher’s seal: sa; Censor’s seal: kiwame; Tsubone Iwafuji, Ichikawa Danjūrō
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