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chikawa Kinsaku II as Iwate, the wife of Abe no Sadatō, but probably in one of her disguises. See numbers 89 and 90.

The tree under which the actor kneels is printed in yellow with blossoms in clear rose. His under kimono is in clear rose with a design in white. The outer kimono, where plain, is in dark green, and the patterns in its lower part are in yellow, rose and white. The obi is black with a pattern in yellow, red and light green. The comb is yellow and the covering of the tonsure red.

The print bears a hand-written inscription giving the name of the actor. It is somewhat trimmed, but is the only known impression and has been reproduced as Rumpf number 102 as well as by Kurth and Nakata. It looks as though it might once have been part of a triptych.

Hosoye. Untinted ground with decoration of plum tree. Signed: Sharaku.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (Church Collection).