木曽六十九駅 高宮多賀大社・佐々木源太左ヱ門
Takamiya: Taga Taisha and Sasaki Gentazaemon, from Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido
A sword hilt wrapped in green cord cuts diagonally across the front of a navy kimono. Titled after Takamiya, a post town on the Nakasendo, the print shows a stage character drawn large from the chest up.
About this print
The first thing you notice is the stern face with its knitted brows. The top of his head is shaved and his hair is tied in a topknot, and a gold fitting gleams on the hilt in front of his chest. High in the background, a mountain with pine trees and a low line of hills appear small in the distance. The shoulders of the navy kimono reach out to the left and right edges of the picture.
Takamiya, named in the title, was a post town on the Nakasendo, and it also thrived as the gateway town of Taga Taisha. The shrine's first torii gate stands in the middle of the town. Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido is a print series showing characters from plays connected with each place, and the character here is Sasaki Gentazaemon, as the title says.
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- Source title
- 『木曽六十九駅 高宮多賀大社・佐々木源太左ヱ門』（嘉永5年）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
- Original item
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- Made
- 174+ years ago
- Added to site
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