Posted by Aykut Gurcaglar (195.174.14.134) on November 05, 2004 at 11:38:54:
Hello Hans Olof,
This print shows a Kabuki actor in a kind of cart and likely to be a part of a polyptic. Artist is Kunisada (Gototei Kunisada ga) and has the circular censor seal Kiwame and a square seal a publisher's seal (?). And I read the name of the actor as Iwai Kojaku (Hanshiro V) by making a comparison to Mr. Horst Graebner's list of actors. If I am not failed at correctly readind the inscription , the print must have been pużblished in 1840s.
May I kindly ask for your views on this inscription?
Thanks a lot for your help,
Aykut Gurcaglar,
Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts,
Istanbul