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Number 40* of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays) depicting a scene from the play Kinsatsu written by Kanami (1333-1384) in which the god Amatsu Futodama reveals himself.

The Play - Kinsatsu

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 77-78.
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An Imperial envoy goes to the village of Fushimi in Yamashiro Province in connection with a new shrine being built there by the Emperor Kammu.  While talking with an old man whom he meets there, a tablet with gold writing on it falls from the sky.  Taking it up, the envoy read that the god to whom it belongs promises constant protection to the land.  The old man then takes the tablet and disappears, revealing as he does so that he is the god, Amatsu Futodama.  He then appears in his true form, carrying a bow and arrow with which to subdue demons and ensure the peace of the land.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#844
Title	Kinsatsu 金札 (The Golden Tablet)
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	July 5, 1926
Edition	unknown
Publisher	Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo
Carver	Uchida Eikichi
Printer	Yoshida Takesaburō
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	good - minor wrinkling throughout, several spots of foxing; staining along right margin;  not backed
Genre	ukiyo-e
Miscellaneous	print #40
Format	oban yoko-e
H x W Paper	10 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (26 x 36.8 cm)
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