Accession Number
2003/1.513

Title
Iwai Shijaku [I] as Ohatsu, carrying an umbrella and a sword

Artist(s)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Artist Nationality
Japanese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1822-1844

Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
14 15/16 in. x 10 3/16 in. ( 37.9 cm x 25.9 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. James Hayes

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.

Physical Description
The woman in this print wears a brown and white striped robe, bordered in blue.  Her sash is blue with orange flowers.  She blocks the top of an umbrella, partially visible at the edge of the panel, with her left hand.  A sword is visible at her waist.  Flowers bloom in branches above her.

This is the left panel of a diptych, of which UMMA has one.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kuniyoshi ga; Publisher’s seal: Kin, Sōshūya; Censor’s seal: kiwame; Ohatsu, Iwai Shijaku

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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actors
kabuki
theater (discipline)
umbrellas
women (female humans)