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Ichikawa Sannosuke as Aburaya no Osome and Iwai Shijaku [I] as Hisamatsu

Utagawa Kunitomi

Artwork Details

Ichikawa Sannosuke as Aburaya no Osome and Iwai Shijaku [I] as Hisamatsu
1822-1844
Utagawa Kunitomi
woodblock print on paper
12 x 8 5/8 in. (31.8 x 22.0 cm); ;
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.580

Description

The actor Ichikawa Sannosuke is otherwise unknown.

Subject Matter:

Actor Iwai Shijaku I, also known as Iwai Hanshirō VII, was the oldest son of Iwai Hanshirō V.  He was born in 1804 and died in 1845.

Nothing is known about Actor Ichikawa Sannosuke, who received his name sometime around 1828.

Physical Description:

This print is of a man and a woman.  The woman sits on the floor, looking upward.  She wears a blue and white patterned robe.  The man stands behind her, wearing a blue and black striped robe.  He is reaching into one of his sleeves.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunitomi ga; Publisher’s seal: Ekichi; Censor’s seal: Kiwame; Aburaya no Osome, Ichikawa Sannosuke; Detsuchi Hisamatsu

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