Art Archive • Sharaku
Ukiyo-e
Ōkubi-e
Sawamura Yodogorō II and Bandō Zenji as Kawatsura Hōgen and Onisadobō
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Tōshūsai Sharaku. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
About this work
Sawamura Yodogorō II and Bandō Zenji as the priest Kawatsura Hōgen and Onisadobō — sacred and demonic types paired.
From The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife, Sawamura Yodogorō II and Bandō Zenji play Kawatsura Hōgen and Onisadobō. Spiritual authority meets grotesque force in one sheet.
Viewing notes
Read the contrast between clerical composure and demon-monk distortion.
Doubles from this play close Sharaku’s 1794 burst — compare across the full set.
Mica unifies incompatible types; the tension is entirely in the paired faces.
Extended Japanese viewing notes: 二代目沢村淀五郎と坂東善次.