Paper size
44.8 x 29.0 cm
Original Date
1940
Edition Date
1940
Publisher
Ikeda Tomizo
Description
From the series - Series Gekikadô Zuihitsu (劇雅堂随筆) (Miscellaneous writing on the Gado theater), Shinoda-zuma 信田 妻, traditional dance from Japanese folklore, transcribed in a kabuki play: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami (芦屋道満大内鑑) (面作師夜叉王)) A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya domain. Here is depicted the fourth act, Kuzunoha (葛の葉), a fox who is saved from a hunter by a nobleman visiting the Shinoda Shrine. She appears as a beautiful lady and they get married. They have a son and several years later, he discovers her true nature and she must leave to go back to Shinoda forest, writing and singing a beautiful poem as she departs.
Condition
Fine impression, colours and condition. Printed on stiff Japanese Paper with embossing in the margins.
