About This Print
One of fifty prints in the series Fifty Noh Figures in Color. This print depicts the Emperor Ōnin with a drum stand on his left.
The Play - Naniwa
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p.1121-122.
By ZeamiFirst GroupAll schools
Characters:Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p.1121-122.
By Zeami
By Zeami
First Group
All schools
Act 1:
Waki - a Court official
Waki-tsure - two retainers
Tsure - a man
Shite - an old man
Kyōgen - the god of a subsidiary shrine (or a spirit of plum trees)
Shite - an old man
Kyōgen - the god of a subsidiary shrine (or a spirit of plum trees)
Act 2:
Nochi-tsure - the goddess Ko-no-hana Sakuya-hime
Nochi-tsure - the goddess Ko-no-hana Sakuya-hime
Nichi-shite - the scholar ŌninOn his way back to the capital from Kumano, a Court official stops at Naniwa and there meets two men. When one of them begins to tidy the ground beneath a plum tree, the official asks if it is a particularly famous one. He is then told that plum blossom in general is superior to any other flower, and an old poem in praise of it by Ōnin is also quoted. The old man reveals that he is Ōnin and the younger man the spirit of the plum blossom, and then they both disappear after promising to come again that night and dance. This they do, each this time in their true form.
The Series - Fifty Noh Figures in ColorEach print in the series depicts a main character from a Noh play and is tipped to the top edge of a solid-colored woodblock-printed backing sheet featuring the three small pines appearing along the higashigakari 橋掛 (bridgeway) stretching from the main stage to the kagami-no-ma (mirror room) where the performers gather before going on stage. The trees are printed with a dark gold metallic pigment, a deluxe printing technique.
一
翁
No. 1
Okina
二
高砂
No. 2
Takasago 三
田村
No. 3
Tamura 四
羽衣
No. 4
Hagoromo 五
鞍馬天狗
No. 5
Kurama tengu 六
竹生島
No. 6
Chikubushima 七
景淸
No. 7
Kagekiyo 八
態野
No. 8
Yuya 九通小町No. 9Kayo Komachi 十鵜飼No. 10Ukai 十一
玉井
No. 11
Tamanoi 十二
俊寬
No. 12
Shunkan 十三卒都婆小No. 13SotobaKomachi 十四
鐵輪
No. 14
Kanawa 十五
船辨慶
No. 15
Funda Benkei 十六
養老
No. 16
Yōrō 十七
賴政
No. 17
Yorimasa 十八
遊行柳
No. 18
Yugyō yanagi 十九
石橋
No. 19
Shakkyō 二〇
石橋
No. 20
Shakkyō 二一
張良
No. 21
Chōryō
二二
蟬丸
No. 22
Semimaru
二三
姨捨
No. 23
Obasute
二四
安達原
No. 24
Adachi ga
hara 二五
調伏會我
No. 25
Chōbuku Soga 二六
延命冠者
No. 26
Enmei kanja 二七
箙
No. 27
Ebira 二八
胡蝶
No. 28
Kochō 二九
求塚
No. 29
Motomezuka 三〇
雷電
No. 30
Raiden 三一
難波
No. 31
Naniwa
三二
花月
No. 32
Kagetsu 三三
葵上
No. 33
Aoi no ue
三四
弱法帥
No. 34
Yoroboshi
三五
殺生石
No. 35
Sesshōseki 三六
鍾馗
No. 36
Shōki 三七
經政
No. 37
Tsunemasa 三八
道成寺
No. 38
Dōjōji 三九
藤戶
No. 39
Fujito 四〇
鵺
No. 40
Nue 四一
項羽
No. 41
Kōu
四二
融
No. 42
Tōru
四三
玉葛
No. 43
Tamakazura 四四
山姥
No. 44
Yamanba
四五
土蜘蛛
No. 45
Tsuchigomo
四六
金札
No. 46
Kinsatsu 四七
熊坂
No. 47 Kumasaka 四八
三井寺
No. 48
Miidera 四九
一角仙人
No. 49
Ikkaku Sennin 五〇
猩々
No. 50
Shōjō
| 一 翁 No. 1 Okina | 二 高砂 No. 2 Takasago | 三 田村 No. 3 Tamura | 四 羽衣 No. 4 Hagoromo | 五 鞍馬天狗 No. 5 Kurama tengu | 六 竹生島 No. 6 Chikubushima | 七 景淸 No. 7 Kagekiyo | 八 態野 No. 8 Yuya | 九 通小町 No. 9 Kayo Komachi | 十 鵜飼 No. 10 Ukai |
| 十一 玉井 No. 11 Tamanoi | 十二 俊寬 No. 12 Shunkan | 十三 卒都婆小 No. 13 Sotoba Komachi | 十四 鐵輪 No. 14 Kanawa | 十五 船辨慶 No. 15 Funda Benkei | 十六 養老 No. 16 Yōrō | 十七 賴政 No. 17 Yorimasa | 十八 遊行柳 No. 18 Yugyō yanagi | 十九 石橋 No. 19 Shakkyō | 二〇 石橋 No. 20 Shakkyō |
| 二一 張良 No. 21 Chōryō | 二二 蟬丸 No. 22 Semimaru | 二三 姨捨 No. 23 Obasute | 二四 安達原 No. 24 Adachi ga hara | 二五 調伏會我 No. 25 Chōbuku Soga | 二六 延命冠者 No. 26 Enmei kanja | 二七 箙 No. 27 Ebira | 二八 胡蝶 No. 28 Kochō | 二九 求塚 No. 29 Motomezuka | 三〇 雷電 No. 30 Raiden |
| 三一 難波 No. 31 Naniwa | 三二 花月 No. 32 Kagetsu | 三三 葵上 No. 33 Aoi no ue | 三四 弱法帥 No. 34 Yoroboshi | 三五 殺生石 No. 35 Sesshōseki | 三六 鍾馗 No. 36 Shōki | 三七 經政 No. 37 Tsunemasa | 三八 道成寺 No. 38 Dōjōji | 三九 藤戶 No. 39 Fujito | 四〇 鵺 No. 40 Nue |
| 四一 項羽 No. 41 Kōu | 四二 融 No. 42 Tōru | 四三 玉葛 No. 43 Tamakazura | 四四 山姥 No. 44 Yamanba | 四五 土蜘蛛 No. 45 Tsuchigomo | 四六 金札 No. 46 Kinsatsu | 四七 熊坂 No. 47 Kumasaka | 四八 三井寺 No. 48 Miidera | 四九 一角仙人 No. 49 Ikkaku Sennin | 五〇 猩々 No. 50 Shōjō |
Print Details
IHL Catalog #2181 Title Naniwa 難波 Series Fifty Noh Figures in Color
能姿五十彩 Artist
Matsuno Sōfū (1899-1963)
Signature
not signed Seal 
unread, but likely Sō 奏 seal Date June 1938
Edition first and only
Publisher 謡曲界発行所 Yōkyoku-kai hakkōsho [Noh song publishing house] Carver unknown Printer unknown Impression excellent
Colors excellent Condition excellent
Genre nishiki-e; nōgaku zue 能樂圖繪 [Noh play picture] or 能絵 [Noh-e] Miscellaneous
Format oban H x W Paper print: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm)
backing sheet: 12 x 9 5/16 in. (30.5 x 23.7) H x W Image print: 7 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (20.2 x 14.1 cm) Collections This Print Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University AcNo. arcUP2627 Reference Literature
last update:11/14/2019 created
| IHL Catalog | #2181 |
| Title | Naniwa 難波 |
| Series | Fifty Noh Figures in Color 能姿五十彩 |
| Artist | Matsuno Sōfū (1899-1963) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal | |
| Date | June 1938 |
| Edition | first and only |
| Publisher | 謡曲界発行所 Yōkyoku-kai hakkōsho [Noh song publishing house] |
| Carver | unknown |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | nishiki-e; nōgaku zue 能樂圖繪 [Noh play picture] or 能絵 [Noh-e] |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban |
| H x W Paper | print: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm) backing sheet: 12 x 9 5/16 in. (30.5 x 23.7) |
| H x W Image | print: 7 15/16 x 5 9/16 in. (20.2 x 14.1 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University AcNo. arcUP2627 |
| Reference Literature |
last update:
11/14/2019 created
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