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In this print a dancer performs the Harukoma (hobbyhorse dance) in front of a large painted screen of Mt. Fuji. The Harukoma appeared in the play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, which may be the play we are seeing here. The dancer is an onnagata (male actor in a female role), as we can see from his forehead covering.
There is some light karazuri blind embossing to Mt. Fuji, and the hairline of the actor has been very carefully carved. Mt. Fuji is a symbol of good fortune, celebration, and the new year, and it is possible that the dragon on the actor's costume denotes the Year of the Dragon.
When we were researching this print we found many prints with similar backgrounds and layouts, but this was the closest. It seems probable that we are missing a print to the left of this one that completes the scene.
Other prints in this set
- Taisho era subscription prints
- Kaigetsudo Beauty
- Soga Parody
- Two Beautiful Young Housewives
- Parody of Chinese Theme
- Parody of Chinese Theme
- At the Fukagawa Pleasure Quarter
- Dancers as Parody of Ebisu and Daikoku
- Parody of a Kokin Wakashū poem
- Crane over Waves
- Harukoma Dance
- Scene from Hachinoki
- Parody of Morals for Women
- Kabuki Actor Nakamura Nakazō II
- Fuji from a Window
- Climbers on Mt. Fuji
- Two Women Dancing Sanbasō
- Beauty Catching Fireflies
- Yaoya Oshichi in front of a Mirror
- Higuchi's Wife Tokonatsu
- Ichimatsu and Shōtaro
- Beauty and Rooster
- Beauty with Umbrella
- Monkey Trainer on the Sumida River
- Young Woman with Fireflies
- Courtesan and Helper
- Ono no Tōfū Watching a Frog
- Beauty Battling the Wind
- Cooling Off in the Evening
- Autumn Breeze
- Beauty in the Wind
- Harunobu Snow Scene
- Courtesan Burning a Love Letter
- Courtesan and Dog
- Courtesan Beside a Lamp
- Making Tanabata Decorations
- Bats on a Summer Evening
- Kaoru & Eguchi of the Shin-Kanaya
- Ono no Komachi and Seki Temple
- Heron and Crow
- Two Courtesans on a Balcony
- Kisen Hoshi
- A summer scene
- Danjuro
- Hair Washing
- Evening Bell of the Long Stay
- New Year's Scene
- Outing in the snow
- Going out together
- Tanikaze and Naniwaya Okita