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丹録本の断簡 すみだ川（古い説経正本）の挿絵か
Illustration from an unidentified book, probably the sermon-ballad playbook (sekkyô shôhon) Sumidagawa
丹録本の断簡 すみだ川（古い説経正本）の挿絵か
Japanese
Edo period
about 1630–40
Medium/Technique
Woodblock printed book page (tanrokubon); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
One page; 19.8 x 15.2 cm (7 13/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Edith Wetmore
Accession Number41.734
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom the same book: 41.732 to 41.735.
A playbook of this title is mentioned in a diary entry of 1661; no extant copy is known, but its content would have been similar to these pictures. The version of the Sumidagawa story that survives today as a Nô play deals with the tragic fate of the child Umewaka, who is kidnapped by a slave trader and dies far from home. In some other versions, there are two brothers, Matsuwaka and Umewaka; Matsuwaka is kidnapped by a tengu (bird demon), but unlike his unfortunate younger brother, he survives and is found again later. This seems to be the story illustrated here.
A playbook of this title is mentioned in a diary entry of 1661; no extant copy is known, but its content would have been similar to these pictures. The version of the Sumidagawa story that survives today as a Nô play deals with the tragic fate of the child Umewaka, who is kidnapped by a slave trader and dies far from home. In some other versions, there are two brothers, Matsuwaka and Umewaka; Matsuwaka is kidnapped by a tengu (bird demon), but unlike his unfortunate younger brother, he survives and is found again later. This seems to be the story illustrated here.
Signed
(this page unsigned)
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