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| Maker(s): | Utagawa Toyokuni I | | Culture: | Japanese (1769-1825)
| | Title: | Actor Iwai Hanshiro
| | Date Made: | ca. 1810
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Color woodblock print (woodcut) on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Mat: 18 in x 14 5/16 in; 45.7 cm x 36.4 cm; Sheet: 15 1/2 in x 10 7/16 in; 39.4 cm x 26.5 cm; Image: 15 3/16 in x 10 1/4 in; 38.6 cm x 26 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE: recot, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Toyokuni ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Iwai Hanshiro]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Keiko [ill.]].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1953.77.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: A vertical print showing an actor (Iwai Hanshiro IV) in a female role, wearing grey and pink kimono with a huge red coat and white headscarf, standing in the rain and looking to the right.
Tags: Ukiyo-e; actors; kabuki; rain Subjects: Actors; Kabuki; Ukiyo-e; Wood-engraving Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1953.77.Q.RII |
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