Kuro-tomesode met Musashibo Benkei, anonymous, c. 1920 - c. 1940 Canvas Print
Formal black woman's kimono (kuro-tomesode), with an ornament of a standing kabuki actor (shaped after Matsumoto Koshiro VII), the right hand raised, a fan in the left hand, in the suzukake costume of a priest living in the mountains (yamabushi); the role of Musashibo Benkei in the kabuki play Kanjincho, with in calligraphed characters the opening text of the play: 'Tabi no koromo wa suzukake no, tabi no koromo wa suzukake no, tsuyukeki sode ya shioruran' ('Although our travel costume is the suzukake (2x), I sadly lift my sleeves, wet with dew'). Suzukake is a stiff hemp tunic for monks; shioru means 'to become limp' and is used in the No theatre for the action of lifting the sleeve in front of the face in sadness. Fine black crepe silk (kinsha) with painted yûzen decoration and gold foil. Red silk lining. Five family weapons (mon) of ivy (tsuta).
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