Nakamura Fukusuke I (初代中村福助) as Shitadashi Sanbaso (舌出三番叟) and Ichikawa Komazo VII (七代目市川高麗蔵) as Daikagura Komakichi (大神楽駒吉)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1854
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Engraver: Hori-Take (彫竹)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.10
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Toriaezu Suzuna no Tanemaki (拙詫菘種蒔)' at Ichimura theatre (市村座).
The name Shitadashi Sanbaso (舌出三番叟, 'tongue-out') comes from the gesture of opening the mouth to show the tongue in the middle of the dance, as the name implies.
The name Shitadashi Sanbaso (舌出三番叟, 'tongue-out') comes from the gesture of opening the mouth to show the tongue in the middle of the dance, as the name implies.
