An uncut fan print showing a young woman checking her makeup in a mirror from the series The pride of Edo [江戸じまん] (Edo jiman). The head portrait in the red circle is of kabuki actor Danjūrō VII.
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [市川団十郎] (Japanese, 1791 – 1859); other names: Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Hakuen II, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I.
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代 歌川 豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865).
Publisher: Ibaya Kyūbei [伊場屋 久兵衛] (Japanese, fl. 1804 – 1851).
Artists signature: Ōkō Kunisada ga [應好国貞画] (Drawn to satisfy the taste of Kunisada)
Publisher’s seal:久 – Ibakyū [伊場久].
Censor's seal: Kiwame; date seal: Bunsei 10 (1827).
Saze: Aiban uchiwa-e; 23.2 x 28.9 cm.
Ref.: [LIB-2967.2022] Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – 1865): His world revisited / Catalogue № 17, Exhibition March 17-21, 2021. — NY: Sebastian Izzard, LLC., 2021; p. 102, Cat. 28–fig. a.
Additional Information
| Collection | Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Japanese prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Fan |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | 19 AD , Bunsei era [文政] (1818–1830) , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) , Mid-19th century |
| Media/Technique | Ink and color on paper , Woodblock print (nishiki-e) |
| Subject | Beautiful woman (bijin-ga) , Beauty , Fan print , Ichikawa Danjūrō VII [Ichikawa Ebizō V, Ichikawa Shinnosuke I] (Japanese, 1791 – 1859) , Kabuki actor , Mirror |
| School | Utagawa (歌川) |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1827 , Bunsei 10 |
| Series | The pride of Edo [Edo jiman] |
| Signature | Publisher's seal |
| Size | Fan print. Uchiwa-e |
| Reference | Izzard № 17 (2021) |
| Genre | Actor Prints (Yakusha-e, 役者絵) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
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