Horse's Tail - Umanoshippo

...It is said that the first was Mikazuki Osen, played by Iwai Hanshiro IV, and after that, hits such as Banko no Oroku played by Hanshiro V, Izuru Omatsu played by Onoe Kikugoro III, Kijin no Omatsu played by Bando Shiuka, Kirare Otomi played by Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Onna Sadakuro played by Sawamura Gennosuke were produced. As a rule, the performance was established with a cool appearance wearing a horse's tail wig, a checkered kimono, and a half-sleeved kimono, and cutting Edomae natanka. It was a product of the washed-up aesthetics of Edo at the end of its decadence. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "horse's tail" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その初めは，4世岩井半四郎が演じた三日月お仙だといわれ，それ以後，5世半四郎の土手のお六，3世尾上菊五郎のうんざりお松，坂東志うかの鬼神のお松，3世沢村田之助の切られお富，沢村源之助の女定九郎などの当り芸が輩出した。原則として〈馬の尻尾〉という鬘に格子縞の着付，半纒を着たいなせな姿で，江戸前なたんかをきる演出が定着している。いかにも江戸の洗い上げた美学がその頽廃の果てに生んだ産物である。…

※「馬の尻尾」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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