The right sheet of (optional) triptych: Geisha (Geiko) and kabuki actor Iwai Hanshirō V as Katanaya Hanshichi from Three pleasures of present-day Osaka (Tōsei Naniwa no sankō)「当世浪花の三興　芸子」 「刀屋半七」五代目岩井半四郎.

Publisher: Iseya Rihei [伊勢屋利兵衛] (Japanese, fl. 1790s – c. 1879)

Year: 1821 (Bunsei 4).

Size: Vertical ōban; 36.5 x 25.2 cm.

Signed: 於浮瀬亭国貞画 – Drawn by Kunisada in Ukabuse (Ukabuse ni oite Kunisada ga). Ukabuse is the name of a famous restaurant in Osaka, this signature can be found only on a three print bijin series [Kunisada Project].

Censor’s seal: kiwame 改印：極

Actor Iwai Hanshirō V [岩井半四郎] (Japanese, 1776 – 1847); other names: Iwai Tojaku, Iwai Kumesaburō I.

Character: Katanaya Hanshichi  [刀屋半七]

Ref: MFA ACCESSION NUMBER 11.21938; LIB-2967.2022 Izzard.

Full series (triptych) Three Pleasures of Present-day Osaka (Tōsei Naniwa no sankō):