“Shiranami go-ri on’na” 白波五人女 (Shiranami Five Women)

Description

Original woodblock print vertical diptych – Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) – “Shiranami go-ri on’na” 白波五人女 (Shiranami Five Women)- Japan -1864(Keiou 1 period) July

Actors

Ichimura Uzaemon 市村 羽左衛門 playing the role of tsubajiri okuma つばじりお熊

Bandou Mitsugorou  坂東三津五郎 playing  the role ofTokihira おさらばお伝

Sawamura totsushō 沢村訥升 Playing the role of osaraba o Den  おさらばおでん

The signature says “Kunichika e 国周画”.

cavard: horie彫栄

白波五人女 (Shiranami Five Women)　memo

“Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e” (青砥稿花紅彩画), as the original and fullest version of this play is known, is a tale in five acts of the shiranamimono (tales of thieves) sub-category of the kizewamono (rough contemporary piece) genre of kabuki plays. Written by Kawatake Mokuami, it first premiered at the Ichimura-za in Edo in March 1862.