Men's nagajuban with Oshun and Denbei, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration across the whole face of a representation of a young man and woman holding hands in a hilly landscape with the Kiyomizu temple, she with a headscarf, he a straw hat, as if illuminated by a paper lantern (andon) underneath, with an open book and a closed book, and a hat and a stick. It is a reference to the story of merchant Denbei who fell in love with the courtesan Oshun from the Gion district of Kyoto. He collected money to redeem her, but was forced to kill a rival, after which the couple fled to face the end together. Prior to their last trip, Oshun's brother led them to a show, he was a monkey trainer - his attributes lie on the floor: the hat and the stick where the monkey shows his skills. The title of the book reads: 'Chikagoro Kawara no tatehiki' ('Recent rivalry in Kawara'), the late 18th-century play about the love couple, based on a true event from 1703, in which the couple put an end to life at the Kamogawa River, which is home to the Kawara district. Brown silk with stenciled yuzen decoration. Cream silk lining., anonymous, Japan, 1920 - 1940, silk, painting, h 130 cm × w 129 cm
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