歌舞伎舞踊「京鹿子娘道成寺(きょうがのこむすめじょうじ)」は、紀州道成寺に伝わる安珍清姫伝説の後日譚(ごじつたん)として展開されます。想い人の安珍を追い、女人禁制の道成寺に入り込んだ清姫が扮する白拍子・花子(はなご)は、小僧たちの前で次々と踊りを披露します。十四段から 構成され、本作品では笠踊りの場面が取り上げられています。

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Dance with a Sedge Hat in Musume Dōjō-ji (1922)
color on paper; framed
57.2 x 72.5 cm
(First exhibited at the 7th Kinreisha Exhibition)

The kabuki dance-drama Kyōganoko Musume Dōjō-ji is the sequel to the legend of Anchin and Kiyohime as told at Dōjō-ji temple in Kishū province. Pursuing her beloved Anchin, Kiyohime has disguised herself as Hanago, a young dancer, and has persuaded the priest to allow her to enter the temple precincts at Dōjō-ji temple where women are not normally admitted. There, she performs a series of dances for the young Buddhist priests. Comprised of a series of fourteen dances, this painting depicts the scene where she dances with three large red sedge hats.