Kunisada - Hakone - Young Lady Hatsuhana in Waterfall
Kunisada - Hakone - Young Lady Hatsuhana in Waterfall
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Dramatic picture of actor Iwai Hanshiro VI, as Hatsuhana, the devoted wife of Iinuma Katsugoro, prays to the deity Hakone Gongen under a sacred waterfall hoping to help her husband, who has lost the use of his legs, so that he can resume the search for his enemy Sato Gosuke and avenge the murder of his brother.
Toyokuni III's 1852 series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" pairs kabuki portraits with the stations along the famous Tokaido Road. Each design features a half-length figure in the foreground, with a border of clouds separating the actor from the landscape above. The title cartouche of each print is framed by different objects related to the kabuki character or play, including armor and weapons, household objects, flowers, horse equipment, and traveler's clothing and baggage.
Condition: Very good color and impression, not backed, embossing, margins as shown. Minor mounting tape residue on back.
Date: 1852
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi
Genre: Ukiyo-e



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