Kikugawa Eizan创作的日本版画《The Lovers Urazato and Tokijiro》
艺术家：Kikugawa Eizan
标题：The Lovers Urazato and Tokijiro
日期：about 1814–1815
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来源：Worcester Art Museum
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The oiran Urazato and her lover Tokijiro The tragic love-story of Tokijiro, a twenty-one year old son of a purveyor to the government, and Urazato, a twenty-four year old prostitute, who killed themselves at Mikawashima in Edo, became the subject of a shinnai song. The song, which was entitled Akegarasu yume no awayuki, was composed in 1769 by Tsuruga Wakasanojo I (1717-86); it later inspired several kabuki and puppet theatre plays. Emulating one of Utamaro's two favorite pillar-print compositions, Eizan places