組解説
Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kumagai no Jirō Naozane (熊谷 次郎 直実) (1141–1208) was a famous soldier who served the Minamoto clan. He is particularly known for killing the young warrior Taira no Atsumori at the battle of Ichi-no-tani in 1184. Later in life he became a Jōdo-shū Buddhist priest. Atsumori's death and the circumstances surrounding it went on to be fictionalized and retold in numerous forms, including the Heike Monogatari epic, a number of Noh plays, and in the jōruri and kabuki theatres as well. Woodblock reused from an earlier print belonging to a diptych of Ichikawa Danjuro acting as Kumagai.
個別解説
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