Otani Tomoemon IV (四代目大谷友右衛門) as Akaboshi Daihachi (赤星大八), Ichikawa Kodanji IV (四代目市川小団次) as Hayato's Wife Shizuhata (隼人妻しづはた) (right)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1854
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.67
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Azuma Kudari Goju-san Tsugi (吾嬬下五十三駅, The capital (Kyoto) from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway),' performed at the Kawarazaki za (河原崎座) from the 4th day of the 8th month, 1854.
This scene is explained as Sayo no Nakayama Konaki Ishi (小夜中山夜啼石, a stone that cries in the night in Sayo no Nakayama Mountain). In this Sayo no Nakayama Mountain, there was folklore that the stone was haunted by the spirit of a woman who was robbed of her money and killed by a person passing by when she suffered labour pains. The stone was then called 'Yo Naki Ishi (夜啼石, a stone that cries in the night)' because people hear cries from it every night.
A ghost-like white smoke is rising from the stone behind the figure.
This scene is explained as Sayo no Nakayama Konaki Ishi (小夜中山夜啼石, a stone that cries in the night in Sayo no Nakayama Mountain). In this Sayo no Nakayama Mountain, there was folklore that the stone was haunted by the spirit of a woman who was robbed of her money and killed by a person passing by when she suffered labour pains. The stone was then called 'Yo Naki Ishi (夜啼石, a stone that cries in the night)' because people hear cries from it every night.
A ghost-like white smoke is rising from the stone behind the figure.
By same maker
- Famous actors as the hundred and eight heroes of the 'Water Margin (流行役者水滸伝百八人之一個)'
- Seki Sanjuro III (三代目関三十郎) as Gyojji Shokuro (行司庄九郎) and Arashi Kanjuro (嵐冠十郎) as Onigatake (鬼ヶ嶽)
- Commemoration of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in various roles. (死絵 八代目市川團十郎)
- Scenes from a play titled 'The capital (Kyoto) from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido highway (吾嬬下五十三駅).'
