Title : Iwai Hanshiro as Monomi no Omatsu 岩井半四郎の物見のお松

Artist : Utagawa Kunisada

Date : 1824

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Iwai Hanshiro V in the role of Monomi no Omatsu, emerging from a bamboo thicket at night, in the play ‘Yamatogana Heike monogatari’ (倭仮名平家物語) by Sakurada Jisuke II; performed at the Ichimura theatre in the 11th month of 1824 (Bunsei 7).

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