IIIF Manifest- (Some of the works of the Portraits of actors at three theaters in Edo )
- By Tōshūsai Sharaku
- 1 print
- Large Nishikie (wood engraving print)
- Edo period/Kansei 6 (1794)
- Tokyo National Museum
- A-10569-487
This picture depicts a scene in a kabuki program called "Hanaayame Bunroku Soga" performed by the Miyako troupe in May 1794.
The "Hanaayame Bunroku Soga" was adapted in 1701 from true story "Kameyama no Adauchi," where two younger brothers took their revenge for their father and brother's murder after 28 years in Kameyama, a castle town of Ise no Kuni. Three brothers sought their revenge on Fujikawa Mizuemon who killed their father and stole a scroll secretly handed down in their family. Contrary to their intentions, the oldest brother Genzo was also killed by their intended victim, Mizuemon. Finally, two younger brothers Hanjiro and Gennojo took revenge on him after 28 years with the help of Ogishi Kurando, chief retainer of the Momoi family, feudal lord of Kameyama Castle.
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