Tenugui 13 - Shinban Kozarushichinosuke
新版小猿七之助
From the rakugo story of Kozaru Shichinosuke:
A roofed boat that picks up customers at the Inari River in Teppozu returns to Asakusa. A geisha boarded the ship despite there being a law against “a single boatman, a single geisha”. The boatman is Shichinosuke, nicknamed ‘little monkey’ because of his agility. The geisha is Otaki, who became popular because a famous Ukiyoe master had painted her recently. On the way, Shichinosuke helped Kokichi of Kashimaya, a liquor wholesaler, who threw himself off the Eitai bridge, but Shichinosuke turned around and pushed Kokichi into the Okawa River again. In the darkness surrounding them, the pattering rain seems to hurt when it hits Shichinosuke’s cheeks. The persuasion of Otaki starts from there…
Material: 100% cotton
Original design of wood block cut print by Mitsuko Ogura on rectangular shape cotton cloth.
Two designs are on one rectangular shaped cotton cloth.
Size: 38" x 15"
Made in Japan