The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Lady Iwafuji, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 7/8 x 10 in. (37.8 x 25.4 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), This well-preserved, brightly colored print is one of three from the series that depict actors from the same play—'The Disputes of the Kaga Daimyo Family'—under a blossoming cherry tree. The Osaka-born actor Onoe Matsusuke (1744–1815) could play various types of male and female roles
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Actor Onoe Matsusuke, Role, Lady Iwafuji, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 14 7/8 x 10, 37.8 25.4 cm, Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I, Japanese, 1769–1825, well-preserved, brightly colored, print, three, series, depict actors, play—, Disputes, Kaga Daimyo, Family'—under, blossoming cherry, tree, Osaka-born actor, Onoe, Matsusuke, 1744–1815, play various, types, male, female roles
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