Bust portrait of Iwai Kumesaburo, The actor Iwai Kumesaburo as the female warrior Tomoe Gozen, in armor, holding a lance behind his back with his right hand. Scene from the play Hiragana seisuiki, performed at Miyako-za in 1797, Iwai Kumesaburo I, Utagawa Kunimasa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1797, paper, colour woodcut, h 384 mm × w 256 mm

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Bust portrait of Iwai Kumesaburo, The actor Iwai Kumesaburo as the female warrior Tomoe Gozen, in armor, holding a lance behind his back with his right hand. Scene from the play Hiragana seisuiki, performed at Miyako-za in 1797, Iwai Kumesaburo I, Utagawa Kunimasa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1797, paper, colour woodcut, h 384 mm × w 256 mm

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