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Actor Iwai Kumesaburô I as the Geiko Yoshino, later Iga no Tsubone (with a Fan Showing Ichikawa Hakuen I in a Shibaraku Scene)


「岩井粂三郎」(初代岩井粂三郎の伊賀局) (初代市川白猿の暫図の扇を持って)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamadaya Sanshirô
Japanese
Edo period
1803 (Kyôwa 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.3 x 14 cm (11 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.664
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFemale Shibaraku Scene (Onna Shibaraku)
Play (kaomise): Yamato Nishiki Yoshino Dairi
Theater: Kawarazaki
女暫
大和錦吉野内裡
河原崎

The portrait on the fan honors the great actor Ichikawa Hakuen I, who had previously used the names Ichikawa Danjûrô V and Ichikawa Ebizô. He had retired from the stage in the previous year, 1802, and died in 1806.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross