KUMO NO ITO AZUSA NO YUMIHARI
(蜘蛛絲梓弦)


aka KUBEKI YOI KUMO NO ITOSUJI (来宵蜘蛛線)
aka KUMO NO ITO OYOZUME BANASHI (蜘蛛糸宿直噺)
aka KUMO NO ITO (蜘蛛の糸)







Play: Kumo no Ito (蜘蛛の糸)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Tokiwazu Bushi (常磐津節)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 




                                       
                    [Metamorphosis] Henka  (変化) 
                    [Spider Spirit) Kumo no Sei (蜘蛛の精)

                    Play: Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari (蜘蛛絲梓弦)
                    Print Date: 1977
                    Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
                    Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
                    Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery

                    Note: It is possible that the print depicts the Earth Spider
                    (Tsuchigumo) in Tsuchigumo (土蜘)






                   
[Pushing-Back] Oshimodoshi (押し戻し)
Sakata Shumenojô Kintoki (坂田主馬之丞金時) and
Usui Yukienojô Sadamitsu (碓井靭負之丞貞光)
 
Play: Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari (蜘蛛絲梓弦)
Print Date: 1977
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)