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Actor Iwai Shijaku I as the Courtesan (Keisei) Hanasaki


「けゐせい花さき 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.53.56
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Ichikawayama Sago no Gohiiki
Theater: Kawarazaki
市川哉真砂御摂(いちかわやまさごのごひいき)
河原崎
1830、文政13、08・26
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.