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Yamatoya: Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as either Ohana or Ohan, reprinted from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)


役者舞台之姿絵 四代目岩井半四郎のお花ヵお半ヵ
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 3rd month or 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 26.3 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6829
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #14 (first edition); Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #98 (first edition)
DescriptionThis impression lacks the title cartouche at the upper right.
Two identifications have been suggested, both for plays at the Kawarazaki theater:
Ohana in Gohiiki no Hana Aikyô Soga (3rd month) OR Ohan in Katsuragawa Tsuki no Omoide (7th month)
三月、御曳花愛敬曽我(ごひいきのはなあいきょうそが)ヵ
七月、桂川月思出(かつらがわつきのおもいで)ヵ
河原崎
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Charles Jacquin; January 22, 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at January 17-22, 1921 sale of Mr. Charles Jacquin's collection at the Walpole Galleries, New York, lot #656; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.