Japanese Print "Pulling out the Comb Rashomon (Sashi-gushi Rashomon)" by Okumura Masanobu
Artist:Okumura Masanobu
Title:Pulling out the Comb Rashomon (Sashi-gushi Rashomon)
Date:1710s
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
This title is a parody upon the well-known legend of Watanabe no Tsuna and the oni (demon) who haunted the temple gate called Rashomon in Kyoto. Instead of Watanabe cutting off the arm of the demon, who had assumed the guise of an old woman, a youth stands in a doorway in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters, and playfully reaches out to pull the comb from the hair of a courtesan as she passes by. On her kimono is the crest of Watanabe no Tsuna, and on the sleeve of the youth, the kiri-character mon of Arashi lineage actors.