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Maker(s):Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III); Ōmiya Heihachi, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1786–1864); Japanese (active ca. 1811–1851)
Title:The Actor Iwai Kumesaburō II as Agemaki of the Miyūraya [Miyūraya agemaki iwai kumesaburō], from the play "Sukeroku: Flower of Edo" [Sukeroku yukari no edo zakura]
Date Made:ca. 1828
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Place Made:Tokyo
Measurements:overall: 15 1/2 in x 10 5/16 in; 39.4 cm x 26.2 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.399
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
vertical ōban panel from a triptych; nishiki-e; yakusha-e

Label Text:
This print is signed at middle-left "Gototei Kunisada ga" ('drawn by Gototei Kunisada'), a name used by the artist from ca. 1809–1842, and again in 1845, which references his family's ownership of a ferry service: "Gototei" literally means "pavilion of the fifth ferry." The circular kiwame seal of the censor is visible at lower-right, accompanied by the mark of publisher Ōmiya Heihachi, who published many actor prints by Kunisada, especially in the 1820s. The actor and his role are identified by the text at upper-left. The play from which this scene is taken has been determined via the records of the Waseda University Theatre Museum, Tokyo, which holds another impression of this panel (acc. no. 100-2512). The actor Iwai Hanshirō VI held the name of Iwai Kumesaburō II from ca. 1812–1832.

Tags:
kabuki; actors; costume; portraits; kimonos; headdresses

Subjects:
Portraits; Actors; Costume; Headdresses; Kabuki; Kimonos

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