Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 76464

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as O-some and Ichikawa Komazö III as Hisamatsu

Artist / 作者
Torii Kiyonaga鳥居清長
Date / 年代
1789
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
303 × 450 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者
朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

Depicted in this scene are the lovers Osome and Hisamatsu, popular characters whose story was used for many Kabuki and jöruri (puppet theater) plays. This particular print shows the story as recounted in Sakurada Shisuke's Yukari no Hinagusa (Bond of Nesting Grass), performed in Edo in 1789 at the Nakamura-za Theater. Osome is the daughter of a shop owner who takes on Hisamatsu as his apprentice, and the two fall in love. When Hisamatsu is betrothed to another, Osome resolves to kill herself but is later persuaded against doing so. Hisamatsu is shown wearing a trademark kimono and obi dyed with a striped pattern derived from a technique using bamboo slats, while Osome's attire typically con…

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