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- Language: Japanese
- Creators: The Pride Publishing Company
- Creators: Kōchōrō (Utagawa Kunisada III)
An Edo-period illustrated novel of the gesaku genre.
Woodblock; center and right panels of a triptych depicting a scene from a kabuki play about Sekigahara. The artist’s signature would have been on the missing leftmost panel but this was likely originally signed ‘Kōchōrō,’ a signature used by Utagawa Kunisada III.
A legend holds that to dream about Mt. Fuji, falcons and eggplant on the first night of the New Year is an omen of good fortune.
Triptych depicting backstage preparations during a kabuki play.
Triptych depicting the court dancer Shizuka Gozen 静 御前 (center) dancing before Minamoto no Yoritomo (far left).
Depicted are the characters Kujaku Saburō Narihira 孔雀 三郎 成平 (left), Ono Komachi 小野 小町 (center), and Ōtomo Kuronushi 大伴 黒主 (right).
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.