The actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Tsuchite no O-roku (L).
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1858
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.61
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Koitsumaobi musume hyobanki (恋夫帯娘評判記),' performed at the Nakamura theatre (中村座) from 2nd day of the 4th month, 1858.
Dote no Oroku (土手のお六) is a character who runs a teahouse on Dote (土手, a bank) in Edo. She is a sympathetic character, though she steals money from people and kills them on the bank with her clever storytelling.
Dote no Oroku (土手のお六) is a character who runs a teahouse on Dote (土手, a bank) in Edo. She is a sympathetic character, though she steals money from people and kills them on the bank with her clever storytelling.
