Yamatoya (Iwai Hanshiro IV) from the Portraits of Actors Onstage series

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)

• Publisher

  Sen'ichi han

• Description

  In the cartouche in the upper right-hand corner of this print is the title identifying the series to which the design belongs: "Yakusha butai no sugata-e (Portraits of Actors on Stage)" followed by the "house-name" of the actor, "Yamatoya." The actor is depicted in three-quarter pose facing toward the proper left, while turning his head emphatically over his right shoulder. His costume, for a woman's role, consists of an outer kimono of purple over inner robes of pink, green, and deep orange-red. The obi (sash) is overprinted in black with a yellow pattern near the loose end. To the proper right of the figure is the signature, "Toyokuni-ga (picture by Toyokuni)," followed by the circular censor's seal, "kiwame," and the oblong publisher's seal, "Sen-ichi han." The background is printed in plain grey.

• Inscriptions

  1. (A. Yonemura, 1982) [^j^] In the cartouche in the upper right-hand corner of this print is the title identifying the series to which the design belongs: "Yakusha butai no sugata-e (Portraits of Actors on Stage)" followed by the "house-name" of the actor, "Yamatoya."

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints (December 8, 2002 to May 26, 2003)

  Japanese Theatre in the Edo Period (July 22, 1985 to October 15, 1985)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Anonymous gift

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Sen'ichi han, Utagawa, Toyokuni

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Theater, Art, Actors and actresses, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Portraits, Ukiyo-e, Hosoban

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints