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Actor Iwai Hanshirō (岩井半四郎) in Female Role,
ca. 1815

Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国, 1769–1825; born and died Tokyo, Japan

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1991-270

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Title

Actor Iwai Hanshirō (岩井半四郎) in Female Role

Dates

ca. 1815

Maker

Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国

Medium

Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

38.2 x 25.7 cm. (15 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.) mat: 56 x 40.7 cm. (22 1/16 x 16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Anne van Biema

Object Number

x1991-270

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

woodblock prints, oban, prints, japanese printmaking styles

Materials

ink, paper, oban, color

Techniques

woodcut (process)

Subject

men, women, actors, figures (representations)

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1991," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </em>51, no. 1 (1992): p. 22-78., p. 40

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国 (1769–1825; born and died Tokyo, Japan), Actor Iwai Hanshirō (岩井半四郎) in Female Role, ca. 1815. Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper; 38.2 x 25.7 cm, 56 x 40.7 cm (mat). Gift of Mrs. Anne van Biema (x1991-270) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/17883?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=50

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