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Ichikawa Ebizô as Iwafuji (right leaf of triptych)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Artwork Details

Ichikawa Ebizô as Iwafuji (right leaf of triptych)
1820 - circa 1840
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
woodblock print on paper
14 3/8 in. x 9 15/16 in. ( 36.5 cm x 25.2 cm )
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.511.3

Description

Subject Matter:

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, also known as Ichikawa Ebizō V, 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 died in 1859.

Physical Description:

The woman standing in this print wears a brown robe with a blue and green sash.  She holds a wooden sword close to her chin.  The sliding screens in the background are painted with trees and flowers against a blue background.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kuniyoshi ga; Publisher’s seal: Hon, Edo, Sen’ichi; Censor’s seal: Kiwame; Iwafuji, Ichikawa Ebizō
 
This is the right panel of a triptych (with 2013/1.511.1 and 2013/1.511.2)

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