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- Creators: The Pride Publishing Company
- Creators: Adachi Ginkō
- Creators: Hori Nishita
- Status: Published
Triptych depicting backstage preparations during a kabuki play.
Depicted are the kabuki actors Nakamura Shikan IV 四代目 中村 芝翫 as the wood cutter Ōtomo Kuronushi 大伴 黒主, who is plotting a coup d'état, and Sawamura Tanosuke III 三代目 中村 芝翫 as Sumizome 墨染, the spirit of the cherry tree.
This diptych portrays the actors Ichikawa Ebizō V 五代目 市川 海老蔵 as Musashibō Benkei 武蔵坊 辨慶 (left) and Ichikawa Danjurō VIII 八代目 市川 団十郎 as Togashi Saemon 富樫 左衛門 (right).
This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
This diptych shows the kabuki actors, Iwai Hanshirō V 五代目 岩井半四郎 as Hanaregoma Chōkichi 放駒長吉 (left) and Nakamura Daikichi 中村大吉 as Nuregami Chōgorō 濡髪長五郎 (right) dueling amongst straw bales of rice.
This triptych shows a scene from the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees).
The black flag at the upper right corner contains the series name. The scroll at the upper left contains a text description of the print, including the title, Kurofuda (black plank), referring to the black wooden plank to the right of the stage. When a member of the audience needed to be paged, their name would be written on this plank.
This print gives a glimpse into a kabuki theater. A stage assistant beats long wooden clappers (hyoshigi or ki) to accentuate the opening of the curtain and the start of the performance. Another assistant is waiting to strike slightly shorter clappers (tsuke) against a board placed on the floor to emphasize other onstage actions such as running, fighting, or mie (striking a powerful, emotional pose). It also gives a glimpse of the audience and while some appear to be attentive to the action on stage, others are also talking, looking at notes and even entertaining a baby.
This is one print from a calendar series describing events in Edo Kabuki theater. The black emblem in the top right corner tells the title of the series; the scroll holds text explaining the theatrical event. This print was made during the Meiji period (1868-1912), but stems from a long history of calendar printmaking. The title Sashidashi Kantera literally means “reaching-out lantern.” The man on the right is holding a candle with a reflector on a long, flexible bamboo pole to light up the face of the actor.
Scene from a play about the Genpei War between the Taira and Minamoto clans.