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):