The Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya 三代目中村歌右衛門の自来也なかむらうたえもんのじらいや

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天保3年（1832年）に演じられた歌舞伎『柵自来也談』に取材したもの。この歌舞伎は、盗賊自来也の義勇を中心とする大活劇物である。画面左上には、銀摺で「春の香は残らぬ梅のもみち哉（春の梅花は高貴な香を残すが、同じ紅色でももみじでは香らない）梅玉」との句が書かれている。梅玉は歌右衛門の俳名である。自来也の背後に群れをなす子分たちを、淡い色調で描き、先頭にたつ自来也を鮮やかな色彩で配置した構図は見事である。

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