standing figure with long hair wearing a blue flowered hair ornament and a red and white kimono with floral patterns and gold cords with tassels tied at long open sleeves, looking down at a very large spider in LLC; figure holds a long text scroll with blue and yellow at scroll's end near spider; spider webs around figure

Actor Iwai Shijaku II as Wakana-hime, 1861, 12th lunar month

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Toyokuni's Drawings: A Magic Contest features kabuki actors juxtaposed to people, good or evil, that have supernatural powers. The motifs derive from popular legends, kabuki plays, or adventure novels that were well-liked in the mid-19th century. As this series was one-of-a-kind each print was published on thick paper with expensive pigments and special printing features like embossing and lacquer printing.

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Title
Actor Iwai Shijaku II as Wakana-hime
Artist Life
1786 - 1865
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2016.137.1
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standing figure with long hair wearing a blue flowered hair ornament and a red and white kimono with floral patterns and gold cords with tassels tied at long open sleeves, looking down at a very large spider in LLC; figure holds a long text scroll with blue and yellow at scroll's end near spider; spider webs around figure