Numazu: The Ashigara Mountains and Numazu Station; Actor Bando Mitsugorō III as Jūbei, with Oyone, 1854, 8th month

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In addition to being a town along the Tokaido Roadway, Numazu was also the setting a famous scene in the Kabuki play, Igagoe. In this play, a traveler named Ju_bei is befriended by a local porter who invites the young man to his home. Through a series of mishaps, it is eventually revealed that the porter's daughter, Oyone, is actually Ju_bei's sister. In this print, Kunisada shows Oyone folding Ju_bei's jacket probably unaware, at this point, that they are siblings. Above, Hiroshige provides a scene of Numazu at the foot of Ashigara Mountain.

Details
Title
Numazu: The Ashigara Mountains and Numazu Station; Actor Bando Mitsugorō III as Jūbei, with Oyone
Artist Life
1786 - 1865
Role
Artist
Accession Number
P.75.51.304
Catalogue Raisonne
Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ōban #34.13; Marks, Kunisada's Tōkaidō (2013), #T79-13; S0432-013
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