id:			102622
accession number:	1921.1287
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1287
updated:		2022-07-14 09:00:24.949000

Iwai Hanshirō IV as a Woman with a Sword, 1791. Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Color woodblock print; sheet: 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.1287

title:				Iwai Hanshirō IV as a Woman with a Sword
title in original language:	四代目岩井半四郎の刀を持つ女性
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creation date:			1791
creation date earliest:		1791
creation date latest:		1791
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creditline:			Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762-1819)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Shunei ga
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William S. Spaulding [1865–1937] and John T. Spaulding [1870–1948], Boston, MA
	date: ?–1921
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	(American Art Association, November 18, 1921 sale, lot 638)
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	(Yamanaka & Co., sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1921
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1921–
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wall description: 
In this unidentified role, Iwai Hanshirō IV is costumed as a woman with long flowing hair, wielding a sword. Men of the Edo period shaved their head from the forehead back to the crown, leaving the side and back hair long, though tied in an updo. Even after the practice was abandoned for Kabuki theater actors specializing in female roles, they kept the custom of concealing the area that would once have been bare, so Hanshirō has a <em>murasaki no bōshi</em> (紫の帽子), or purple headband, attached to his wig.
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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1287/1921.1287_full.tif