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  • The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (<i>Izari no adauchi</i> - ゐさりの仇うち): Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō from the series <i>Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary</i> (<i>Seisho nanatsu iroha</i> - 清書七伊呂波)
The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (<i>Izari no adauchi</i> - ゐさりの仇うち): Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō from the series <i>Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary</i> (<i>Seisho nanatsu iroha</i> - 清書七伊呂波)
The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (<i>Izari no adauchi</i> - ゐさりの仇うち): Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō from the series <i>Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary</i> (<i>Seisho nanatsu iroha</i> - 清書七伊呂波)
The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (<i>Izari no adauchi</i> - ゐさりの仇うち): Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō from the series <i>Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary</i> (<i>Seisho nanatsu iroha</i> - 清書七伊呂波)
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (Izari no adauchi - ゐさりの仇うち): Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha - 清書七伊呂波)

Print

06/1856
9.875 in x 14.125 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Marks 063 - seal 21-026)
Censor's seal: aratame
Date: 6/1856
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Waseda University
National Diet Library
Ritsumeikan University
Art and Design Library, Edinburgh
Hankyu Culture Foundation
Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha, Krakow This account of this story comes from Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales by John Stevenson, p. 76. While the print being described is different than the one in the Lyon Collection which is by Toyokuni III, the basic story remains the same.

"This story is taken from the Kabuki play Hakone gongen katawa no adauchi (A Cripple's Revenge at Hakone Shrine). During the construction of Hushimi Castle, Sato Gōsuke killed his colleague Sanpei and stole his heirloom sword, named Hiryūmaru. Sanpei's brother Katsugorō and loyal retainer Fudesuke tried unsuccessfully to take revenge on Gōsuke. Gōsuke wanted to make Hatsuhana his concubine, but Hatsuhana loved Katsugorō. They married but were forced to flee from Gōsuke's jealousy. An accident to Katsugorō's knee crippled him and made him dependent on Hatsuhana. They arrived at Hakone Gongen, a shrine celebrated for cures on the eastern shore of Lake Ashinoko; prayers there were considered especially efficacious when offered by worshipers who proved their sincerity by standing under the chilling waters of the temple's waterfall. Gōsuke sends a message that he has captured Hatsuhana's mother but will let her go in return for Hatsuhana's favors. Hatsuhana pretends to submit, then resists and is killed defending her honor. Her ghost appears to her mother and Katsugorō, who accuses her of infidelity. 'On the contrary,' says Hatsuhana, 'I have been praying for your recovery under the waterfall for ninety-nine days, and tomorrow is the hundredth.' At that moment Gōsuke's retainer approaches, intending to kill Katsugorō. Miraculously, the crippled Katsugorō stands and cuts down the retainer with his sword. Having witnessed Katsugorō's triumph, Hatsuhana's spirit vanishes. Fudesuke brings Hatsuhana's bloody head and tells the full story to her mother and Katsugorō, who sets off to kill Gōsuke."
Fujiokaya Keijirō (藤岡屋慶次郎) (publisher)
actor prints (yakusha-e - 役者絵) (genre)
Yūrei-zu (幽霊図 - ghosts demons monsters and spirits) (genre)
Iwai Kumesaburō III (三代目岩井粂三郎: from 11/1832 to 1/1864) (actor)
Nakamura Fukusuke I (初代中村福助: 3/1839 to 6/1860) (actor)