Iwai Shijaku [I] as Fushimi, carrying a bucket of Sumidagawa saké
Utagawa Kuniyasu
Description
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.
Physical Description:
In this print, a woman walks under an umbrella in the snow. She wears an orange and green checked robe with a blue sash and carries a bucket by a rope (with name Sumidagawa) in her right hand. The sky in the background is dark, and snow is falling.
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kuniyasu ga; Publisher’s seal: Hei; Censor’s seal: Kiwame; Fushimi, Iwai Shijaku
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