HATSUYAMA SHIGERU (初山滋)

1963

                   
[Play on Sharaku: Ruffian]
Gisaku Sharaku Aragoto (戯似 Sharaku あら事)　

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Print Date: 1963
Personal Collection (#15/16)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                   
[Pseudo Sharaku / Aragoto]
Gisaku Sharaku Aragoto (戯似 Sharaku あら事)　

Play: Shibaraku (暫)
Print Date: 1963
Image courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 
 
Note: Color variant.  The LACMA copy (ex. Juda Collection)
is entitled "Samurai" on its website, and the image is
rotated 90 degrees to the right.
 
 

                   
[Play on Sharaku: Traveling] 
Gisaku Sharaku Michiyuki  (戯似 Sharaku 道行)

Play: Tsuki no Mayu Koi no Saichu (月眉恋最中) scene of
Yomono Nishiki Kokyono Tabiji (四方錦故郷旅路)
Print Date: 1963
Personal Collection (#3/15)
 
Note: This appears to depict the famous Ninokuchi Mura traveling scene
with Chûbei and Umegawa.  The play Sharaku based his print on is all
but forgotten today, but the scene remains a staple of kabuki plays such
as Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai (恋飛脚大和往来).  Although the print is usually
referred to as Sharaku: Elopement, "elopement" would appear to be an
improper reading of "michiyuki" in the context of this play.