Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the lady’s maid Ohatsu and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the lady-in-waiting Iwafuji 十二代目市村羽左衛門の部屋方お初と四代目仲村歌右衛門の局岩藤, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1849

Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors (right sheet) ichimura uzaemon xii as the lady’s maid ohatsu; and nakamura utaemon iv as the lady-in-waiting (‘tsubone’) iwafuji; in the play ‘omegumi ni uruo iwafuji’ (恵閏初夏藤, also read ‘megumi ni uruou iwafuji’) by sakurada jisuke iii; performed at the ichimura-za from the 14th of the 4th month of 1849 (kaei 2). Date: 1849. Dimensions: Height: 36.30 centimetres (right); ; Height: 35.70 centimetres; Width: 24.30 centimetres (right); Width: 25.20 centimetres. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Tsubone Iwafuji. Collection: British Museum. Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the lady’s maid Ohatsu and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the lady-in-waiting Iwafuji 十二代目市村羽左衛門の部屋方お初と四代目仲村歌右衛門の局岩藤 (BM 1915,0823,0.871.1-2)