(解説文要約)
少年だった作兵衛翁にとって忘れられない思い出が描かれています。
上三緒炭坑の大納屋、つまり独身炭鉱労働者の宿泊施設で、
そこのオカミさんが三味線をならし、その娘さんが踊っていることがあったそうです。
娘さんの名前はおユキさん18歳。
喧嘩が絶えない殺伐とした炭坑暮らしの中で、誰もがその音色に耳を傾けたそうです。
作兵衛少年も格子窓からそっと、のぞいていたそうです。
This painting shows a memory in Sakubei’s boyhood, which was unforgettable for him.
It is said that the lady of a boardinghouse called Onaya for unmarried male miners of the Kamimio Coal Pit played the three-stringed instrument called Shamisen and that her daughter danced to it every night.
The daughter’s name was Oyuki at age 18.
It is also said that everyone would listen to the sound of the instrument because itwas a great comfort for them in the pit where incessant quarrels and fights made the atmosphere savage.
Reportedly, Sakubei as a boy also peeped at the dancing daughter through the lattice window of the house.