Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 64960
Nakajima Mihoemon as Tokihira
- Artist / 作者
- Katsukawa Shunshō勝川春章
- Date / 年代
- 1771-1781
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 210 × 450 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 水野ナギ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
The actor Nakajima Mihoemon appears in the role of Tokihira (Shihei), in Kurumabiki (a carriage stopping sequence) from the play, “Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami,” presented around 1747 at the Ichimura-za Theater. The play was originally written for the puppet theater (Bunraku) and staged for the first time in August 1746 in Osaka at the Takemotoza Theater. It was adapted to Kabuki the following month and staged for the first time in Kyoto. It was also performed for the first time in Edo, at the Ichimuraza Theater, in March 1747. The play is made up of five acts. ""Kurumabiki ” is the scene that opens Act III. It was not in the original puppet play. This Kabuki-created scene was so successfu…
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