About This Print and Nō Sugata
Source: based on documentation kindly provided by Claus-Peter Schultz.From volume three 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).
For other prints depicting Kumasaka see Nōga taikan, Kumasaka and Kumasaka 熊坂 (The Robber) from the series Nōgakuzue.
The Play - Kumasaka
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 89.
By Zenchiku
Fifth Group
All Noh schools
Characters:
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 89.
By Zenchiku
Fifth Group
All Noh schools
Fifth Group
All Noh schools
Characters:
Act 1:Waki - a traveling priestShite - the ghost of Kumasaka in the form of a priestKyōgen - a local person
Act 2:Nochi-shite - Kumasaka no Chōhan
A travelling priest stops at Akasaka in Mino Province and meets another priest who, after talking with him, gives him lodging for the night. This second priest is in reality the ghost of Kumasaka no Chōhan, a robber, and in the dream of the real priest that night the spirit appears and describers how he was killed by the young Ushikawa.
A travelling priest stops at Akasaka in Mino Province and meets another priest who, after talking with him, gives him lodging for the night. This second priest is in reality the ghost of Kumasaka no Chōhan, a robber, and in the dream of the real priest that night the spirit appears and describers how he was killed by the young Ushikawa.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1593 |
| Title | Kumasaka 熊坂 (The Robber) |
| Series | 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 side of top edge from mounting residue on verso; light toning |
| Genre | nishiki-e; Nōgaku zue [Noh play picture] |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban |
| H x W Paper | 11 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (30.2 x 24.6 cm) |
| H x W Image | 11 5/8 x 9 7/16 in. (29.5 x 24 cm) |
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