「かみ結多助　嵐橘三郎」(二代目)　「鑓ノ権三　あらし小六」(四代目)|The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza)

Gigadō Ashiyuki 戯画堂芦幸

1824 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban · Asian Art

「かみ結多助　嵐橘三郎」(二代目)　「鑓ノ権三　あらし小六」(四代目)|The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza) — Gigadō Ashiyuki 戯画堂芦幸

The popular Kabuki role of Yari no Gonza (who is depicted on the left, beneath the red lantern with the actors’ names and roles) is based on a character of the same name from a puppet play written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon in 1717, over a century before the performance represented here. Chikamatsu’s play recounted the real-life events of the day of the killing of a pair of adulterous lovers by the woman’s jealous husband. The Kabuki adaptation, Rumors of a Scandal on the Fushimi Road (Fushimi-kaidō uwasa no akatsuki), which inspired this print, was performed at the Naka Theater in the eighth month of 1824.

Artist: Gigadō Ashiyuki 戯画堂芦幸
Date: 1824
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Culture: Japan
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Purchase, JoAnn Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz Gift, 2020

「かみ結多助 嵐橘三郎」(二代目) 「鑓ノ権三 あらし小六」(四代目)|The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza)

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「かみ結多助　嵐橘三郎」(二代目)　「鑓ノ権三　あらし小六」(四代目)|The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza)