About This Print
Number 8* of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays) depicting a scene from the play Obasute by the playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443.) 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.
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* number appears in the lower right hand of the cover sheet.
The Play - Obasute
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 128.A man from the capital goes with two companions to view the autumn moon at a place called Obasute-yama ‘The Hill of the Old Forsaken Woman’, and there meets a woman who talks with him. Just before she disappears, she discloses that she is in fact the old woman who was left there long ago and thus gave the mountain its name. She later appears in her true form and after telling of the blessings that come with the teachings of the Buddha, dances in the moonlight.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #729 |
| Title | Obasute 姨捨 (The Old Woman Abandoned in the Hills) |
| 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 | July 5, 1926 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo |
| Carver | Uchida Eikichi |
| Printer | Yoshida Takesaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent; two pin holes upper left of image; binding holes right side |
| Genre | ukiyo-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 14 3/4 in. (25.4 x 37.5 cm) |
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