「岩井半四郎図」|The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox
1763
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1763
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
「岩井半四郎図」|The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox is a 1763 ink by Torii Kiyomitsu, a Romanticism work, depicting Actor, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This Japanese woodblock print, "The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox," features a woman riding a black ox. She wears a kimono and holds a scroll, surrounded by branches with blossoms. The ox is black with a white stripe on its forehead and a rope around its nose. The woman's kimono is patterned with flowers and leaves. The background is beige, with Japanese characters written vertically on the left side. The woman appears to be reading a love letter, adding a romantic touch to the scene. To learn more about the artist behind this print, look up Torii Kiyomitsu.
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