diptych print
- Museum number
- 1906,1220,0.144
- Title
- Object: Nakamura Nakazo I as the Daikagura lion dancer Kakube, in reality Oumaya no Kisanta, and Nakamura Tomijuro I as the female fox from Ubagatake (初代中村仲蔵の太神楽獅子の角兵衛実は御厩喜三太と初代中村富十郎の姥が嶽の雌狐)
- Description
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Colour woodblock print, hosoban diptych. The kabuki actors (left) Nakamura Nakazo I as the Daikagura lion dancer Kakube, in reality Ushiwakamaru’s retainer Oumaya no Kisanta, and (right) Nakamura Tomijuro I as the female fox from Ubagatake, in the Tomimoto dance ‘Meotozake kawaranu nakanaka’ (夫婦酒替奴中仲, alternate reading ‘Myotozake kawaranu nakanaka’, commonly called ‘Kurama Jishi’鞍馬獅子,) by Nakamura Jusuke II, part of the play ‘Chigo torii tobiiri gitsune’ (稚児鳥居飛入狐, also written 児華表飛入狐) performed at the Ichimura-za in the 11th month of 1777 (An’ei 6).
- Production date
- 1777 (artist)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Meotozake kawaranu nakanaka (夫婦酒替奴中仲) (dance)
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Associated Title: Chigo torii tobiiri Gitsune (稚児鳥居飛入狐 or児華表飛入狐) (related play)
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Associated Title: Kurama Jishi (鞍馬獅子) (alternate title)
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1906,1220,0.144
