Kagamiyama, representing Kuronushi: Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Iwafuji and Iwai Kumesaburô II (?) as Onoe, from the series Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen)

「六歌仙　黒主　かがみ山」　七代目市川団十郎の岩藤、二代目岩井粂三郎ヵの尾上

Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1810s–early 1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper, with embossing

Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.3 x 17.6 cm (8 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Miss Sarah L. Bates

Accession Number49.1205

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 151

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19920, 49.1205

Signed Ippôsai Kuniyasu ga
一鳳斎国安画