About This Print
Number 143* of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays) depicting a scene from the play Seiganji attributed to 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.
The Play - Seiganji
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 151.Characters
Act 1: waki -the priest Ippen Shōnin; waki-tsure - two attendant priests; shite - a village woman; kyōgen - a local person
Act 2: nochi-shite - the spirit of Izumi Shikibu
Ippen Shōnin visits the Seigan-ji in Kyōto, and there talks with a woman about Buddhist teachings. Just before she disappears she reveals that she is the poetess Izumi Shikibu whose grave is in the temple. In the second half she appears as a goddess of song and dance and entertains the priest.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #789 |
| Title | Seiganji 誓願寺 |
| 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 | August 28, 1926 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo |
| Carver | Uchida Eikichi |
| Printer | Yoshida Takesaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent; 2 pin holes at right side; binding holes right side; not backed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e |
| Miscellaneous | print #143 |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 14 5/8 in. (25.4 x 37.1 cm) |
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