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The Struggle for the Carriage - Sugawara
Sadahide, 1845, Wood cut
The Struggle for the Carriage - Sugawara
The Struggle for the Carriage - Sugawara
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326
Title
The Struggle for the Carriage Scene (Sugawara denju kuruma-biki no dan) from the play 'Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy' (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)
Description
This is Act 3, Scene 1 from the Kabuki play 'Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy'. This known as the 'Struggle for the Carriage' scene. The three characters dressed in red represent the three triplets (from left to right) Matsuomaru, Umeomaru and Sakuramaru. Each costume bears the flower emblem associated with their names (pine, plum and cherry). Umeomaru wears red makeup (kumadori) that identifies his heroic role. In this scene the two brothers Umeomaru and Sakuramaru attack Matsuomaru for his loyalty to the evil Shihei. Shihei stands on top of the carriage, dressed in ceremonial court attire and wears blue makeup, an indication of his villainy.
Artist / maker
Sadahide
Date
1845
Size
22.5 x 34 cm.
Type
Wood cut
Location
Art and Design Library
The following information appears on the print:
Signed: Sadahide ga
Artist: Utagawa Sadahide
Censor's Seal: kiwame
This is one of a set of 50 prints donated to Edinburgh City Libraries by Marie Ferguson Dyer in honour of her father Henry Dyer. Dyer was a Scottish engineer who became the first Principal of the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo in 1872.
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Dai Nippon (Great Japan)
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