- Museum number
- 2018,3021.120.1-3
- Title
- Object: Kagamiyama gyoretsu no zu 鏡山行列之図 (Procession to Kagamiyama)
- Description
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Triptych print, colour woodblock. The Kabuki actors (right sheet, from top to bottom, right to left) Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Hojo Yoshitoki, Bando Mokuzo and Otani Umahei I as footmen (yakko), Iwai Hanshiro V as the nun Seigen (Seigen-ni), Ichikawa Ebijuro III as Shimizu Kiyoharu and Ichikawa Dankuro I as Todabei; (centre sheet, top row, right to left) Ichikawa Ginpei I, Iwai Tatsunosuke, Bando Hikozaemon II as ladies-in-waiting (oku jochu), Iwai Kumesaburo II as Sakurahime and Bando Kacho as a lady-in-waiting, (centre sheet, bottom row, right to left) Ichikawa Ebizo V as Matsuwakamaru, Ichikawa Sosaburo V as a lady-in-waiting, Ichikawa Koijuro as a footman, Soryo Jinroku II and Bando Mitsuemon I; (left sheet, top row, right to left) Onoe Umegoro and Ichikawa Masuzo III as ladies-in-waiting, Ichikawa Ebizo V as Iwafuji, Nakamura Tomizo, Otani Konohei and Kirishima Giemon II as ladies-in-waiting, (left sheet, bottom row, right to left) Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as the medicine peddler Toraya Tokichi (Uiro uri), Bando Kichijuro as a physician, Iwai Kumesaburo II as Ohatsu, Bando Kumajuro, and Bando Mitsutaro as Sumidabei, in a procession of characters based on the scene ‘Flower-Viewing at Shinkiyomizu Temple’ from Act I of the play ‘Sumidagawa hana no goshozome’, commonly called ‘Onna Seigen’, by Tsuruya Nanboku IV; performed at the Ichimura-za in the 3rd month of 1832. (Tenpo 3).
- Production date
- 1832 (third month)
- Dimensions
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Height: 39 centimetres (each sheet about)
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Width: 26.50 centimetres (each sheet about)
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- Curator's comments
- This play is a famous example of a ‘naimaze kyogen’ (綯い交ぜ狂言), a work which mixes together characters and plot elements from two or more other plays to create a new work. In this case, the story borrows from ‘Kagamiyama kokyo no nishikie’, ‘Sakurahime Azuma bunsho’, ‘Sumidagawa Gonichi no omokage’ and even ‘Kyoganoko musume Dojoji’. However, though set amidst the blossoming cherry trees at Shinkiyomizu Temple from Act I of the play, it is unlikely that all of these characters appeared in the same scene. It was in this month that Ichikawa Danjuro VII took back the name Ebizo V while his young son became Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in a double ‘shumei’ name-taking ceremony at the Ichimura-za. The print acknowledges this fact by including Danjuro VIII as the ‘uiro’ medicine peddler, a character who does not appear in this play at all. It was also in this month that the ‘Kabuki Juhachiban’ (a group of 18 plays chosen by Ebizo V to represent the art characteristic of his acting house) were formally established. ‘Uiro uri’ was included in that group, as was the second play on the programme this month, ‘Sukeroku yukari no Edo zakura’. The ‘uiro’ peddler is thought to have appeared in ‘Sukeroku’. (Paul Griffith, 21/03/2022)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Sumidagawa hana no goshozome 隅田川花御所染 (play)
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Associated Title: Shinkiyomizu hanami no ba 新清水花見の場 (related scene)
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Associated Title: Kagamiyama kokyo no nishikie 加々見山旧錦絵 (related play)
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Associated Title: Sakurahime Azuma bunsho 桜姫東文章 (related play)
- Acquisition date
- 2018
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2018,3021.120.1-3
