![Portrait of the actor Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜代太郎) the boatman Tokubei [せんどう徳兵衛] from the play <i>Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi</i> (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)](https://woodblockprints.org/media/lyon_collection/images/6/14600_ca_object_representations_media_679_large.jpg)
Utagawa Kunihisa (歌川国久) (artist )
Portrait of the actor Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜代太郎) the boatman Tokubei [せんどう徳兵衛] from the play Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
07/1804
9.5 in x 14.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni monjin Kunihisa ga
'Kunihisa, pupil of Toyokuni, drew this picture'
豊国門人国久画
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Marks 554 - seal 06-002)
Lyon Collection - Kunihisa print of Tokubei with Iohata
Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia
The floral pattern appearing three times on the dark brown robe is this artist's mon or crest. It shows up in slight variations on other prints of this actor even when performing in female roles. It also appears on the robes when acting under the name Ichikawa Yaozō IV. (JSV)
There is another print in the Lyon Collection by Kunihisa showing Tokubei, but this time with the ghost of Iohata. (See the link above.) From the play Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV (四代目鶴屋南北) at the Kawarasaki-za.
Tsuruya Kinsuke (鶴屋金助) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Iwai Kiyotarō II (二代目岩井喜世太郎) (actor)
Tsuruya Nanboku IV (四代目鶴屋南北) (author)