Nakamura Utaemon [III] as Iwafuji no Tsubone, fencing with the servant Ohatsu (right half of diptych; pair w/ 2003/1.590.1)
Hokuei
Description
Subject Matter:
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III was born in 1778 to Nakamura Utaemon I. He died in 1838.
Physical Description:
The woman in this print wears a pale red robe with a blue edge on the bottom. Her sash is black with green, blue, and yellow crests. She holds a wooden sword in both hands up to her right shoulder.
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Hokuei ga; Publisher’s seal: Honsei; Tsubone Iwafuji, Nakamura Utaemon
This is the right panel of a diptych (with 2013/1.590.1).
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