Artist:
Utagawa Sadahide [歌川 貞秀], a.k.a. Gountei Sadahide [五雲亭 貞秀] (1807 – c. 1878/9).
Signed:
Gountei Sadahide ga [五雲亭貞秀画]
Pubisher:
Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, 1815 – 1869)
Date-aratame seal: Bunsei 13 / Tenpō 1 (1830).
Ref: Ritsumeikan University #
Z0172-587.
Title: Tangled Hair and the Evening Braided Hat [乱髪夜編笠] (
Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa). The open book starts with the chapter title that reads
Amigasa. This play was performed together with Kisohajime Hatsugai Soga [着衣始]初買曽我]. See the playbill for the performance at
Moritaza at MFA (Boston)
№ 11.27208.
乱髪夜編笠（みだれがみよるのあみがさ。「夜の編笠」「白さぎ」
とも）– one of the main melodies in
katōbushi (河東節) type of
jōruri [浄瑠璃]. For a detailed explanation in Japanese, see also
HERE).
A series of three prints is dedicated to a katōbushi performance of the
Soga-themed plays.
|
Yukari no Edo-zakura |
The tatami night robe of Iwao |
Tangled Hair and the Evening Braided Hat |
They all have a background of hail patterns (
Arare-ko-mon) [霰小紋], similar to Kunisada’s
Iwai Kumesaburō II as An no Heibei [
SVJP-0304.2019], see below.
Artist: Utagawa Sadahide [歌川 貞秀], a.k.a. Gountei Sadahide [五雲亭 貞秀] (1807 – c. 1878/9). Signed: Gountei Sadahide ga [五雲亭貞秀画] Pubisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, 1815 – 1869) Date-aratame seal: Bunsei 13 / Tenpō 1 (1830). Ref: Ritsumeikan University # Z0172-587. Title: Tangled Hair and the Evening Braided Hat [乱髪夜編笠] (Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa). The open book starts with the chapter title that reads Amigasa. This play was performed together with Kisohajime Hatsugai Soga [着衣始]初買曽我]. See the playbill for the performance at Moritaza at MFA (Boston) № 11.27208. 乱髪夜編笠（みだれがみよるのあみがさ。「夜の編笠」「白さぎ」