8 UMMA Objects
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Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Arashi Rikan [II] as Oman and Bandô Hikosaburô [IV] as Hanjimono ...
1830 – 1832
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.588
In this image, a woman looks over her left shoulder while holding a fan delicately in two hands.  She wears a vibrantly colored robe, black at the top fading into white near the bottom.  It is covered in bright gold, blue, and red patterns.  Underneath she wears a pale blue and white patterned robe.  Her simple hair style is held up by two gold pins and a tie.  In the background are five crests, three blue and two red (very faded).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Shunbaisai Hokuei ga (Artist's signature); Honsei (Publisher's seal); 千本の中におくれつ江戸桜 紫若 (Text); gohenka no uchi, hanami jōchū, Iwai Shijaku (Title)<br />
 
Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Praying for Love in the Dew-Covered Fall Grasses: Iwai Shijaku I as a Maid Viewing the Cherry Blossoms
1832
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.593
The woman in this print wears a pale red robe with a blue edge on the bottom.   Her sash is black with green, blue, and yellow crests.  She holds a wooden sword in both hands up to her right shoulder.<br />
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Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Hokuei ga; Publisher’s seal: Honsei; Tsubone Iwafuji, Nakamura Utaemon<br />
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This is the right panel of a diptych (with 2013/1.590.1).
Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Nakamura Utaemon [III] as Iwafuji no Tsubone, fencing with the servant Ohatsu (right half of diptych; pair w/ 2003/1.590.1)
1831 – 1835
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.590.2
In this image a woman dances, looking over her left shoulder. She is dressed in an elaborate robe with colorful floral patterns in green, orange, yellow, and white. Maple leaves line the blue border of her robe.  Two white rabbits are visible on her black sash. She wears an elaborate head dress in gold, blue, and orange. In the background are five crests, three blue and two red (very faded).<br /><br />
​Inscriptions: Shunbaisai Hokuei ga (Artist's signature); Honsei (Publisher's seal); 「青まめも月のむしろに並ひけり 紫若」(Text); gohenka no uchi, shirabyōshi, Iwai Shijaku (Title)
Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Praying for Love in the Dew-Covered Fall Grasses: Iwai Shijaku I as a Shirabyōshi
1832
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.592
In this image, a woman carries a young child on her back. She looks over her right shoulder, where the child's head can be seen. She is wearing a simple brown (faded) robe with blue and pink flower print. Underneath, a plain red robe and red leggings are visible. A delicately colored apron large flowers is wrapped around her waste. In the background are five crests, two blue and three red (faded).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Shunbaisai Hokuei ga (Artist's signature); Honsei (Publisher's seal); 童の手になどとれよすて団扇 紫若 (Text); Go henka no uchi, komori Iwai Shijaku (Title)<br />
 
Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Praying for Love in the Dew-Covered Fall Grasses: Iwai Shijaku I as a Nursemaid
1832
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.594
In this print, a young woman stands underneath a flowering cherry tree.  She wears dark purple and grey robes with pink and brown trim and lining.  Her sash is red and decorated with blue and green designs.<br />
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Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Hokuei ga; Publisher’s seal: Honsei; Chikiriya no Oume, Iwai Shijaku
Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Iwai Shijaku [I] as Senginya O-ume (?) (young maiden, under blossoming cherry tree)
1831 – 1835
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.591

Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Yamamura … as Koito, in the series Suehiro
1828 – 1836
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.589
The woman in this print wears a red striped robe with crests on the sleeves and back.  Her robe is blue and green, and her feet are bare.  She wields a wooden sword in front of her.<br />
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Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Hokuei ga; Publisher’s seal: Honsei; Ohatsu, Iwai Shijaku<br />
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This is the left panel of a diptych (with 2003/1,590.2).
Hokuei (Japanese (culture or style))
Iwai Shijaku [I] as Ohatsu, fencing with Iwafuji no Tsubone (left half of diptych; pair w/ 2003/1.590.2)
1831 – 1835
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.590.1
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