Saturday 15 January 2011

Keisei Sambon Karakasa



Plate 31 - The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu sourced from page 62, Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Sharaku, by Juzo Suzuki.





Plate 32 - The actor Segawa Kikunojo III   as the courtesan Katsuraki sourced from page 63, Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Sharaku, by Juzo Suzuki.





Plate 33 - The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Fuwa no Banzaemon Shigekatsu sourced from page 63, Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Sharaku, by Juzo Suzuki.

These are a set of three wood-block prints - of a  tense scene  of confrontation  between Nagoya and Fuwa in the presence of the courtesan Katsuraki  in the Shimabara  gay quarters of Kyoto pertaining to a play about a power struggle within a noble family.  
 

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