Parody of the play "Musume Dojoji"
- Date:
- c. 1801/05
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; kokonotsugiri-ban, surimono
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Musume Dojoji — the celebrated kabuki and dance piece depicting a young woman's jealous transformation into a vengeful demon — is here rendered as a playful parody in surimono format around 1801–05. Hokusai's parodic treatment (mitate) substitutes comic or contemporary figures for the play's tragic protagonists, deflating the drama's supernatural intensity through the gentle irreverence characteristic of Edo popular culture.
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Parody of the play "Musume Dojoji" was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1801/05.
Parody of the play "Musume Dojoji" depicts figures, kabuki, and mythology.