Author: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) here signed as Gotōtei Kunisada (五渡亭国貞).
Subject: The kabuki actor Iwai Hanshirō (岩井 半四郎) performing a kabuki dance (shosagyō, 諸作業).
Genre: yakusha-e (役者絵), Edo-e (江戸絵).
Size: large (ōban, 大判) 38,6cm x 26,3cm (15,19 x 10,35 inches).
Publisher: Kawaguchiya (川口屋).
Period: c. 1818.
Trimmed: no.
Backed: no.
Code: UKSI01015
Condition: general condition are good. Any remarkable stain across the design surface but an halo can be noticed all along
the four sides of it, denoting that the print was probably framed. Color is slightly faded (probably due to sunlight exposition);
No evident sign of damage or fixing. No remarkable wrinkles.