MIMASU DAIGORÔ IV |
The actor Mimasu Daigorô IV portraying Sukune Tarô in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" in a print made in 1848 by Utagawa Hirosada This print, which belongs to a series of twelve prints dedicated to the filial piety associated to the 12 year-marking Chinese zodiacal signs, has the sign of the Cock (tori) on it Sukune Tarô and his father Haji Hyôe use a cock in their plan to try to murder Kan Shôjô in the "Dômyôji" act of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" |
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