Identification title(s): double portrait of iwai kumesaburo and iwai kiyotaro. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1956-778. Catalog reference: jap cat ii 153. Description: the actor iwai kumesaburo in the role of the nobleman chikusanosuke, standing with sword, and the actor iwai kiyotaro, in the female role as princess tamakoto, sitting with a bundle of branches. Scene from the play hana o mimasu yoshino no miyuki, performed at the nakamura-za in 1798. Production. Manufacturer: printmaker: utagawa kunimasa (mentioned on object), publisher: tsuruya kinsuke (sokakudo) (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: japan, publisher: tokyo. Date: 1798. Physical features: color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks. Material: paper technique: nishiki-e / color woodcut. Dimensions: top: h 366 mm × w 244 mmsubject. Who: iwai kumesaburo i. Acquisition: purchase 1956. Date: 1798.
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