The Actors Nakamura Matsue III as the Wife Otoku and Nakamura Utaemon III as Matabei the Stutterer 三代目中村松江の女房おとく、三代目中村歌右衛門の吃の又平
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「傾城反魂香」の一場面。絵師土佐光信の弟子、又平は生まれつき口が不自由だった。ある日女房のお徳とともに、光信の館に来て、土佐の苗字を名乗る事を願い出る。しかし口が不自由なことを理由に許されない。絶望した又平はこの世の名残にと手水鉢に自画像を描いたところ、絵が手水鉢の裏側まで透けて見えるという奇跡を起こした。これを見た光信は又平の筆力を認め、土佐光起の名を与えるとともに免許皆伝を授けた。本図には手水鉢の絵が透けて驚く又平夫婦が描かれる。
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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
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January 9, 2026