About This Print and Nō Sugata
Source: based on documentation kindly provided by Claus-Peter Schultz.From volume four of a twenty volume album titled Nō Sugata consisting of text, photographs, illustrations and color woodblock prints published by Unsōdō Publishing over the period 1931-1934. The woodblock prints were created by Matsuno Sōfū (1899-1963), the photographs by Genzō Kitazumi (1898-1982), the album's text was written by Kanze Sakon (1895-1939), the 24th head (sōke) of the Kanze School and Nō actor, and the preface was written by Sasakawa Rinfu (active 1920s-1930s).
The Play - Yoroboshi
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 217-218.
By Motomasa
Fourth Group
All schools
Characters:
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 217-218.
By Motomasa
Fourth Group
All schools
Fourth Group
All schools
Characters:
Waki - Takayasu no MichitoshiKyōgen - his servantShite - Shuntoku-maru
Believing some gossip he heard about his son Shuntoku, Michitoshi turned him out of his house. Deeply regretting his cruelty now, he goes on a pilgrimage to the Tennō-ji temple and there sees his son again - but he has become a beggar and having lost his sight as well, is known as 'the priest with the faltering tread.' He sings a song about the temple and then, when the other people go and leave the two of them alone, Michitoshi tells his son who he is and, full of happiness at having found him again, takes him by the art to lead him home.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1596 |
| Title | Yoroboshi 弱法師 (The Priest with the Faltering Tread) |
| Series/Album | Nō Sugata 能寿賀多 |
| Artist | Matsuno Sōfū (1899-1963) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | 奏風 Sōfū seal beneath signature (see above) |
| Date | 1931-1934 |
| Edition | first and only |
| Publisher | Unsōdō Publishing |
| Carver | unknown |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - staining along left and top edge from mounting residue on verso; light toning |
| Genre | nishiki-e; Nōgaku zue [Noh play picture] |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | aiban |
| H x W Paper | 11 3/4 x 9 9/16 in. (29.8 x 24.3 cm) |
| H x W Image | 11 5/8 x 9 7/16 in. (29.5 x 24 cm) |
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