The Nagauta-based dance-drama "Kyôran Fubuki no Hinagata" (commonly called "Hinasuke Kyôran") was permiered in the 11th lunar month of 1799 at the Ichimuraza and staged within the kaomise drama "Utsukushiki Yuki no Sekai". The leading role of Akita Jônosuke was played by the Kamigata young star Arashi Hinasuke II, who had just arrived from Ôsaka to perform in Edo.

After WWII, it was revived only once, in November 2006 at the Kabukiza, with Onoe Kikugorô VII in the leading role of Akita Jônosuke.

In order to uncover and expose the conspiracy of villains who are trying to bring down his lord and himself, the hero of this dance-drama, Akita Jônosuke, deliberately pretends to lose his sanity and go mad.

Jônosuke appears in a nagabakama and wearing a yamai hachimaki, looking somewhat eerie yet dignified. He pretends to be mad, dancing seductively with a fan in his hand, lulling his enemies into a false sense of security. He skillfully defeats numerous enemies who try to see through his frenzy or try to seize an opportunity to capture him, one after another with his brilliant fighting skills.

The greatest appeal lies in the contrast between the seductive and story-driven dance in the first half, which feigns madness, and the powerful and thrilling tachimawari in the second half, where the performer, takes on a large number of captors.

The kabuki actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Shirotae, wife of Genzaemon, and Arashi Hinasuke II as Akita Jônosuke, wearing the headband of an invalid (yamai hachimaki) and dancing with a folded fan in the play "Utsukushiki Yuki no Sekai", performed at the Ichimuraza in the 11th month of 1799
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I
Date: 1799
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