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KUNISADA I. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. The Old Story of Sanshō Dayū. Triptych.

Triptych, Ôban tate-e (vertical). 360x740 mm. Sign: "Toyokuni ga," in a red Toshidama cartouche. Publisher: Shimizuya Naojiro. Censors' seal: Kinugasa Murata. Oval seal with zodiac date (Rat, 4). Signs of wear. Bright colors. Magnificent scene from the play Mukashi-banashi Sanshō Dayū (The Old Story of Sanshō Dayū)The highlight of this performance involving kidnap, slavery, revenge and redemption, is the afflicted Osan turning into a fowl, as she is depicted in the left panel, in the play The Old Story of Sanshō Dayū, as performed at the Kawarazaki theater in the 4th month of 1852. Osan will soon chew the ropes from Kanamenosuke (right panel), with whom she is in love, and then kill herself. The evil Sanshō Dayū, in the center panel, looks on. A number of kabuki plays have been written on the legend of Sanshō Dayū. From right to left, the actors and their roles are:right sheet: Asao Okuyama IV [see note under the below section "The Actors Pictured in This Collection's Print"] as Tokikiyo, Lord of Ōe; Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Motoyoshi Kanamenosuke [also translated as Motoyoshi Yonosuke] center sheet: Ichikawa Ebizō V as Sanshō Dayūleft sheet: Iwai Kumesaburo III as Gondō Futoshi nyōbō rachi [kidnapped wife] or as Gonroku's Wife (Nyōbō) Orachi; Arashi Rikan III as Dayū musume Osan [Dayū's daughter, Osan]While only the actor's roles are provided on the print (within the orange and yellow rectangular cartouches), the website of Ritsumeikan University provides the actors' names and the title of the play.See The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints in:https://pages.uoregon.edu/jsmacollections/home/artists/utagawa-kunisada-i-1786-1864/the-old-story-of-sansho-dayu-muka-1e624e494e8d8fd6.html

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KUNISADA I. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. The Old Story of Sanshō Dayū. Triptych.

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