Matsu-no-sushi Restaurant: The Role of Osato the Daughter of the Sushi Shop Owner, from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital; Matsu-no-sushi Restaurant: The Role of Osato from the "Sushiya no dan" Scene, from The daughter of the sushi bar, O-Sato

Matsu-no-sushi Restaurant: The Role of Osato the Daughter of the Sushi Shop Owner, from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital; Matsu-no-sushi Restaurant: The Role of Osato from the "Sushiya no dan" Scene, from The daughter of the sushi bar, O-Sato

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Hiroshige, Utagawa and Utagawa Kunisada

This print from the collaborative series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital depicts the actor Bando Shuka I, one of the most celebrated female impersonators of the day, as Osato from the play Yoshitsune and a Thousand Cherry Trees. Osato was the daughter of Yazaemon, the owner of a sushi shop and supporter of the Taira (or Heike) clan. She fell in love with the hired shop attendant Yasuke, who was really the noble Taira no Koremori in hiding. The role of Osato is paired with the restaurant Matsu-no-sushi, which was located in Heizaemon-cho in Edo. The fan-shaped insets include a landscape, presumably Heizaemon-cho, and serving plates piled with raw fish. This particular sushi shop was famous for being the first restaurant in Edo to serve nigiri-zushi, which are slices of raw fish over hand-formed rice sections.
Artist
Hiroshige, Utagawa and Utagawa Kunisada
(Japanese, 1797-1858) (Japanese, 1786-1864)
Title
Matsu-no-sushi Restaurant: The Role of Osato the Daughter of the Sushi Shop Owner, from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital; Matsu-no-sushi Restaurant: The Role of Osato from the "Sushiya no dan" Scene, from The daughter of the sushi bar, O-Sato
Date
9/1852
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. Overall
Credit
John H. Van Vleck Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
2006.13
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

  • Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 169, no. 154

  • Summer Breeze: The Fan in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/7/2012–9/9/2012
  • Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/2/2009–11/26/2009
  • Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/3/2007–1/6/2008

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