print
- Museum number
- 1915,0823,0.854
- Title
- Series: Iwai Kumesaburo III as the nursemaid Osaku 三代目岩井粂三郎の子守お作
- Description
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Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as the nursemaid (‘komori’) Shizunome no Osaku, one of seven roles performed by the same actor in the play ‘Osome Hisamatsu ukina no yomiuri’ (お染久松色読販) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; performed at the Kawarasaki-za from the 22nd of the 1st month of 1850 (Kaei 3).
- Production date
- 1850
- Dimensions
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Height: 35.80 centimetres
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Width: 34.90 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- There appears to be an earlier edition of this design in which the role name at upper left was given as ‘Osaku’ (おさく) instead of ‘komori’. The print is part of a series of seven, each illustrating one of the roles played by Kumesaburo in this production. The play has always been a great vehicle for an ‘onnagata’ to show off the technique of ‘quick-change’ (‘hayagawari’). The other six roles are Osome, Hisamatsu, the lady-in-waiting Takegawa, Kihei’s wife Oroku, Hisamatsu’s fiancée Omitsu and Osome’s mother Teisho. For the others in the series, see the Enpaku website: http://www.enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results.php
(P. Griffith 8/2012)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Osome Hisamatsu ukina no yomiuri (お染久松色読販) ((play))
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Associated Title: Osome no nanayaku (お染の七役) ((alternate title))
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from Department of Oriental Manuscripts (August 1915)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1915,0823,0.854
