The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman Holding a Crystal Ball and Dancing on the Bank of a Stream
A man dressed as a woman sits on the bank of a stream, wearing a black kimono with a white floral pattern and a pink and yellow under-kimono. The woman's hair is styled in an updo with a yellow headband. She holds a crystal ball in her right hand. Her left hand rests on her knee. The woman wears a yellow obi with a diamond pattern. A bare tree branch is visible in the top right corner. Water is visible behind her. The background is beige. Japanese characters are in the bottom left and right corners.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1788
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 301 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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