Nakamura Utaemon stage prop inrō and mythological ōnamazu giant catfish netsuke netsuke 歌舞伎の舞台の印籠と大鯰根付 Kabuki no butai no inrō to ōnamazu netsuke
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Nakamura Utaemon stage prop inrō and mythological ōnamazu giant catfish netsuke
netsuke
歌舞伎の舞台の印籠と大鯰の根付
Kabuki no butai no inrō to ōnamazu no netsuke
The main crest is easily identifiable as the Narikomoya Guild mon of Nakamura Utaemon though
which generation actor it belonged to is unknown.
中村歌右衛門 初代の家紋 Nakamura Utaemon no Kamon (Actors crest)
Narikomo-ya Gion Mamuri mon「成駒屋祇園守」紋 The symbol on the reverse side is much more difficult to identify and to date Waseda and Shochiku
have been unable to identify it. It’s possible that the reverse could be a symbolic representation in
the style of the bound rice sheaf or daki ine,抱き稲, kamon.
http://www.genbu.net/sinmon/ine.htm
The dual crests of Nakamura Utaemon I show both crests
http://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/articles/kabuki-actor-crests-mon
Nakamura Utaemon I was born in Kaga, an old temple town in the southern part of Ishikawa
Province and the bound rice sheaf or daki ine, 抱き稲, is the symbol for the shrine there, the
Iminami Jinja,忌浪神社, which is shown at this link
http://www.genbu.net/data/kaga/iminami_title.htm
Reinforcing the links with Kaga, Nakamura Utaemon I is buried in Shinjo-ji Temple, 真成寺, in
Kanazawa. It is quite possible that if the symbol on the reverse is s stylised bound rice sheaf or daki
ine, 抱き稲, that it has been used as a way of honouring the historical origins of the Nakamura
Utaemon line of actors.
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