Actors Ichikawa Shōchō II as Umegawa and Kataoka Gadō XII as Chūbei
Natori Shunsen
1927
- Medium
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 15 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (38.58 × 25.56 cm) (image) 23 × 19 × 1 1/2 in. (58.42 × 48.26 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
Twenty-third design of a set of 36. Actors Ichikawa Shōchō II (1886-1940) as Umegawa and Kataoka Gadō XII (1882-1946) as Chūbei in the play A Message of Love from Yamato (Koi bikyaku Yamato orai 恋飛脚大和往来). Chūbei is in love with the prostitute Umegawa and embezzles public money entrusted to him to buy her contract. The couple then decides to commit ritual suicide together before Chūbei can get arrested.
