About This Print
Number 57* of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays) depicting a scene from the play Kogō by the playwright Komparu Zenchiku (1405-c.1470). This print still maintains its semi-transparent cover sheet providing information on the play and its characters.
cover sheet
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* number appears in the lower right hand of the cover sheet.
The Play - Kogō
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 82.Characters
waki - a Court official; shite - Nakakumi; tsure - Kogō no Tsubone; tsure - a serving-woman; kyōgen - a woman inn-keeper
A Court official announces that he has been ordered to send Nakakuni to find the Lady Kogō, the favorite of the Emperor Takakura, who has disappeared from Kyōto for fear that, since the Empress is the daughter of Taira no Kiyomori, she would incur his displeasure if she remained in the capital. As there has been word that Kogō is living near Sagano, Nakakuni goes there and is eventually led to the lady by the sound of a Japanese harp being played. He gives Kogō a letter from the Emperor and, after recieving her reply, prepares to return. But pitying Kogō in her unhappiness, he drinks some wine with her and dances in an attempt to console her. He then takes leave of the lady and sets off back to the capital.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #799 |
| Title | Kogō 小督 (Lady Kogō) |
| 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 |  |
| Date | December 25, 1926 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo |
| Carver | Uchida Eikichi |
| Printer | Yoshida Takesaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - 1 pin hole upper left; binding holes right side; not backed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e |
| Miscellaneous | print #57 |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 14 5/8 in. (25.4 x 37.1 cm) |
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