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Nōga taikan, Dampū

 

 Japanese Color Woodblock Print

Dampū 壇風 (The Holy Wind)

from the series Nōga taikan

by Tsukioka Kōgyo, 1925-1930

Nōga taikan, Yumi Yawata


IHL Cat. #1216

About This Print

One of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays) depicting a scene from the play Dampū attributed to the playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443).

The Play - Dampū

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 19-21.
Characters
Act 1:
Waki-tsure – Homma no Saburō
Kyōgen – his sword bearer
Ko-kata – Umewaka, the son of Suketomo
Waki – the priest Sotsu no Ajari
Shite (tsure in Hōshō school) – Mibu no Suketomeo
Waki-tsure – two bearers
Kyōgen – a messenger, servant to Homma

Act 2:
Waki-tsure - a boatman
Nochi-shite – a god of Kumano Shrines

While in exile on the island of Sado, Mibu no Suketomo hasbeen placed in charge of Homma no Saburō. He has now received a strict order from the authorities in Kamakura thatSuketomoe is to be executed immediately, but just before he dies he is able tosay farewell to his son Umewaka who arrives from Kyōto with the priestSotsu.  Umewaka sees Homma as the causeof his father’s death and with the help of Sotsu, revenges his father bykilling him.  When they go to escape fromthe island, however, the boatman refuses to put in to shore for them toboard.  In answer to the priest’sprayers, a god from Kumano appears and causes a wind to blow the shipback.  He then give the boat a followingwind so that they are able to escape from their pursuers and return to Kyōto.

Print Details

 IHL Catalog #1216
 Title Dampū 壇風 (The Holy Wind)
 Series Nōga taikan 能画大鑑 (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays or A Great Mirror of Noh Pictures or A Great Collection of Noh Pictures)
 Artist 
 Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927)
 Signature 
 Kōgyo
 Seal
Kōgyo seal, seal no. 13, p. 170 in The Beauty of Silence: Nō and Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927), Robert Schaap & J. Thomas Rimer, Hotei Publishing, 2010.
 Date 1926
 Edition unknown
 Publisher Seibi Shoten 精美書院 (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo
 Carver Uchida Eikichi
 Printer Yoshida Takesaburō
 Impression excellent
 Colors excellent
 Condition excellent - minor trimming to bottom and left edges; light diagonal fold on bottom corners
 Genre ukiyo-e
 Miscellaneous 
 Format oban yoko-e
 H x W Paper 9 7/8 x 14 7/16 in. (25.1 x 36.7 cm)
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