Accession Number
2003/1.436.1

Title
Iwai Kumesaburô [III] as the teashop maiden [Chaya musume] Oritsu (left half of diptych; pair w/ 2003/1.436.2)

Artist(s)
Utagawa Kunisada

Artist Nationality
Japanese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1836-1844

Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
14 7/16 in. x 9 15/16 in. ( 36.6 cm x 25.2 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. James Hayes

Subject matter
Actor Iwai Kumesaburō II, also known as Iwai Hanshirō VI, was born in 1799 to Iwai Tojaku I (Iwai Hanshirō V).  He was active from the time he was a child, in 1804, until his death in 1836.

Physical Description
In this print, a young woman cowers on the ground.  She wears an elaborately detailed robe with landscape images and a black sash.  Four black birds fly above her.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunisada ga; Publisher’s seal: Tōriaburachō, Tsuruki han; Censor’s seal: kiwame; Chaya musume Oritsu, Iwai Kumesaburō

This is the left panel of a diptych.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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actors
crows (birds)
kabuki
theater (discipline)
women (female humans)