The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza)

Gigadō Ashiyuki 戯画堂芦幸 Japanese

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The popular Kabuki role of Yari no Gonza (who is depicted on the left, beneath the red lantern with the actors’ names and roles) is based on a character of the same name from a puppet play written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon in 1717, over a century before the performance represented here. Chikamatsu’s play recounted the real-life events of the day of the killing of a pair of adulterous lovers by the woman’s jealous husband. The Kabuki adaptation, Rumors of a Scandal on the Fushimi Road (Fushimi-kaidō uwasa no akatsuki), which inspired this print, was performed at the Naka Theater in the eighth month of 1824.

The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza), Gigadō Ashiyuki 戯画堂芦幸 (Japanese, active ca. 1813–34), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban, Japan

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