Yamatoya (Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Okaru), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

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Yamatoya (Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Okaru), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

「役者舞台之姿絵　やまとや」　四代岩井半四郎のおかる

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1795 (Kansei 7), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 24.5 cm (14 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6849

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-124, photo p. 14; Ukiyo-e shûka 15 (TNM, 1980), p. 213, fig. 29; Yoshida, "'Yakusha butai no sugata-e kenkyû," Ukiyo-e 27 (1966), p. 31, #29

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kawarazaki
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
河原崎

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 10, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.