Iwai Kumesaburô [III] as Ishii musume Fujikawa (left half of diptych; pair with 2003/1.460.2)
Utagawa Kunisada
Description
Subject Matter:
Actor Iwai Kumesaburō III, was also known as Iwai Hanshirō VIII. He was born in 1829 and active from the time he was a child in the early 1830s. He became famous for his performances as an onnagata, a word which means "female role" or "female form." He died in 1882.
Physical Description:
In this print, a woman squats on the ground, holding a bare sword in her left hand. Her hair is loose, and she wears a striped robe with a blue patterned sash. Behind her are low bushes and open water.
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunisada ga; Publisher’s seal: Hei; Censor’s seal: kiwame; Ishii musume Fujikawa, Iwai Kumesaburō
This is the left panel of a diptych (with 2003/1.460.2).
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