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- All Subjects: kabuki
- Creators: The Pride Publishing Company
- Creators: Gosōtei Hirosada
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Triptych depicting backstage preparations during a kabuki play.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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This triptych shows a scene from the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees).
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