Accession Number
2003/1.590.2

Title
Nakamura Utaemon [III] as Iwafuji no Tsubone, fencing with the servant Ohatsu (right half of diptych; pair w/ 2003/1.590.1)

Artist(s)
Hokuei

Artist Nationality
Japanese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1831-1835

Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
14 1/2 in. x 10 5/16 in. ( 36.8 cm x 26.2 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. James Hayes

Subject matter
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III was born in 1778 to Nakamura Utaemon I.  He died in 1838.

Physical Description
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.
 
Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Hokuei ga; Publisher’s seal: Honsei; Tsubone Iwafuji, Nakamura Utaemon
 
This is the right panel of a diptych (with 2013/1.590.1).

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
actors
kabuki
ladies-in-waiting
swords
theater (discipline)