Two actors at New Year's decoration. A young man in formal preaching and folded range (child-actor Ichikawa ebizô vi (1823-54)), looks at a woman with New Year's decoration in her hand (actor Segawa Kikonojô v (1802-32) in an unknown woman role). The decoration consists of fan leaf, pine branches, Daidai Sino cone and a red lobster, all symbols for a long life: the pine always remains green, the curved lobster refers to the curve back of old people and means 'Daidai' from generation to generation. With three poems, one by Segawa Kikunojô V: How nice it is to be born in the grand city of Edo, s
Two actors at New Year's decoration. A young man in formal preaching and folded range (child-actor Ichikawa ebizô vi (1823-54)), looks at a woman with New Year's decoration in her hand (actor Segawa Kikonojô v (1802-32) in an unknown woman role). The decoration consists of fan leaf, pine branches, Daidai Sino cone and a red lobster, all symbols for a long life: the pine always remains green, the curved lobster refers to the curve back of old people and means 'Daidai' from generation to generation. With three poems, one by Segawa Kikunojô V: How nice it is to be born in the grand city of Edo, spring is full of flowers.
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