Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川 團十郎) as the sumō wrestler Iwakawa Jirōkichi (岩川次郎吉) - right-hand panel of a diptych
1820
10.25 in x 15 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei
(Marks 446 - seal 25-210)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha, Krakow - the full diptych
Lyon Collection - 1837 Hokkei of Utaemon IV as Iwakawa Jirōkichi This image is from a kabuki play that may be Sekitori Senryō Nobori or one of the plays closely related to it. Jirōkichi's wife, Otomi is displayed in the missing left-hand panel.
The peony buds decorating the robe of this actor and the open peony on his fan were both personal symbols used by Ichikawa Danjūrō. Most likely the kanji on the fan is a poem by this performer. Another interesting motif is the bats flying near a full moon.
Sanoya Kihei (佐野屋喜兵衛) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川團十郎: 11/1800 to 2/1832) (actor)
sumō (相撲) (genre)
Sekitori Senryō Nobori (関取千両幟) (kabuki)
bats (komori - 蝙蝠) (genre)