Accession Number
2003/1.580

Title
Ichikawa Sannosuke as Aburaya no Osome and Iwai Shijaku [I] as Hisamatsu

Artist(s)
Utagawa Kunitomi

Object Creation Date
1822-1844

Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
12 1/2 in. x 8 11/16 in. ( 31.8 cm x 22 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. James Hayes

Label copy
The actor Ichikawa Sannosuke is otherwise unknown.

Subject matter
Actor Iwai Shijaku I, also known as Iwai Hanshirō VII, was the oldest son of Iwai Hanshirō V.  He was born in 1804 and died in 1845.

Nothing is known about Actor Ichikawa Sannosuke, who received his name sometime around 1828.

Physical Description
This print is of a man and a woman.  The woman sits on the floor, looking upward.  She wears a blue and white patterned robe.  The man stands behind her, wearing a blue and black striped robe.  He is reaching into one of his sleeves.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunitomi ga; Publisher’s seal: Ekichi; Censor’s seal: Kiwame; Aburaya no Osome, Ichikawa Sannosuke; Detsuchi Hisamatsu

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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actors
kabuki
men (male humans)
theater (discipline)
women (female humans)