Ichikawa Danjuro VIII (八代目市川團十郎) as Jiraiya disguised as Miko Fukumaki Takarago (巫福蒔宝子実ハ児雷也)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1852
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.11.2B
DescriptionIchikawa Danjuro VIII (八代目市川團十郎) played Jiraiya at the Kawarazaki Theatre (河原崎座), Edo, from the 19th day of the 7th month, 1852.
A scene from a play titled 'Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑譚語).'
Jiraiya (自来也 or 児雷也) is a fictional bandit or ninja who appears in late-Edo period Yomihon books (読本, a tale of fantastic in the Edo period). The name Jiraiya is said to be based on a real-life thief in Song Dynasty China who wrote ‘我来也 (I came here)' on the wall of a house he had stolen from. The story of Jiraiya was adapted into Kabuki and Joruri theatre.
A scene from a play titled 'Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑譚語).'
Jiraiya (自来也 or 児雷也) is a fictional bandit or ninja who appears in late-Edo period Yomihon books (読本, a tale of fantastic in the Edo period). The name Jiraiya is said to be based on a real-life thief in Song Dynasty China who wrote ‘我来也 (I came here)' on the wall of a house he had stolen from. The story of Jiraiya was adapted into Kabuki and Joruri theatre.
By same maker
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- 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).'
