Japanischer Druck ""Otowaya"" von Utagawa Toyokuni I
Künstler:Utagawa Toyokuni I
Titel:"Otowaya"
Datum:1795
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Quelle:Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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This print depicts the Kabuki actor Onoe Matsuke in the role of �boshi Yuranosuke, the main character of Ch�shingura. It is based on one of the three different productions presented in Edo in the year 1795. Wearing his costume in a slightly untidy manner and holding a fan in his right hand, Matsuke must be performing a scene from act 7, in which the leader of the forty-seven samurais carouses in pleasure quarters so as to divert attention from his revenge plan. Requiring an actor to alternately portray Yuranosuke as a reprobate and as a cunning warrior, this scene is especially challenging to perform