Iwai Hanshiro (岩井半四郎)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1830
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Dimensions:
365 x 250 mm (36.5 x 25 cm)
Sheet: 365 x 250 mm (36.5 x 25 cm)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.37
DescriptionDuring this period, only male actors were allowed on stage by the Tokugawa Shogunate, so female roles were also played by men. Iwai Hanshiro (岩井半四郎) was famous as a tachiyaku (an actor who plays the role of a normal adult male in kabuki), however he plays a female role in this print.
