Onna Shibaraku
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, after 1892
A hanging scroll in ink, color, and gold of the protagonist of the parody of the Kabuki play Shibaraku, which features a female in the role of Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, wearing the costume traditional to the male role which features the design known as Sanshō, the three squares symbol of Ichikawa Danjuro's acting family but with a female kimono under the topmost robe, standing below a flowering prunus tree brushed in ink wash with green, gold, and brown pigment added in tarashikomi dripping; signed Utagawa Kunisada ga and sealed Hōsai
48 1/2 x 19 1/2in (123.2 x 49.5cm)
Onna Shibaraku
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, after 1892
A hanging scroll in ink, color, and gold of the protagonist of the parody of the Kabuki play Shibaraku, which features a female in the role of Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, wearing the costume traditional to the male role which features the design known as Sanshō, the three squares symbol of Ichikawa Danjuro's acting family but with a female kimono under the topmost robe, standing below a flowering prunus tree brushed in ink wash with green, gold, and brown pigment added in tarashikomi dripping; signed Utagawa Kunisada ga and sealed Hōsai
48 1/2 x 19 1/2in (123.2 x 49.5cm)
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