Utagawa Kunisada
The Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III Making Up Before a Mirror in His Dressing Room

The Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III Making Up Before a Mirror in His Dressing Room

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The Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III Making Up Before a Mirror in His Dressing Room
ArtistJapanese, 1786–1864
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • The Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III Making Up Before a Mirror in His Dressing Room
  • from the series Eight Parodies of Beauty and Speech (Kuchimo temo mitate hachijo)
Date1856
PlaceJapan
MediumWoodblock printed fan; ink and color with black lacquer on paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in. (23.2 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton in honor of Jeffrey C. Mackey
Object number2006.55
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceIsrael Goldman Japanese Prints; purchased by Stephen Hamilton, May 24, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
insc verso LL, in pencil: "6829"

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