About This Print
One of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays), it depicts a scene from the play Seiōbo, by an unknown playwright but traditionally attributed to Konparu Zenchiku ( (1405-c. 1470), in which Seiōbo presents a magical peach to the Emperor.For more information on this series see bio for the artist Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) and scroll down.
The Play - Seiōbo 西王母 (The Queen Mother of the West)
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p.152.
Extolling the benevolent government of the Emperor, Sei-ōbo (Hsi Wang Mu) comes down from Heaven and presents him with a miraculous peach. It comes from a tree which blooms and fruits only once every three thousand years, and brings long life to whoever eats it. She then dances in honour of the reign of the Emperor.
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The Play - Seiōbo 西王母 (The Queen Mother of the West)
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p.152.Extolling the benevolent government of the Emperor, Sei-ōbo (Hsi Wang Mu) comes down from Heaven and presents him with a miraculous peach. It comes from a tree which blooms and fruits only once every three thousand years, and brings long life to whoever eats it. She then dances in honour of the reign of the Emperor.
Noh performance of Seiōbo Dec 1963
Copyright 1998-2006, Global Performing Arts Consortium. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 1998-2006, Global Performing Arts Consortium. All Rights Reserved.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #144 |
| Title | Seiōbo 西王母 (The Queen Mother of the West) |
| Series | Nōga taikan c (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 |  rai (Thunder) |
| Date | 1925/1930 |
| Edition | unknown Note: The first edition consisting of 200 prints contained in five volumes was issued between July 1925 and January 1930. Subsequent editions, combined into a single volume, were issued in 1934 and 1936. |
| Publisher | 精美書院, Seibi Shoin |
| Carver | unknown |
| Printer | 1925 first edition: The colophon from volume 2 of the first edition dated July 1925 lists the printer as 田中茜助 1936 edition: Uchida Eikichi and Yoshida Takesaburō [木版 印刷者 打田英吉 木版 印刷者 吉田竹三郎 as shown in colophon of 1935 edition] |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - minor soiling and foxing; not backed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e; nōgakuzue |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 14 1/8 in. (25.4 x 35.9 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | The Beauty of Silence: Nō and Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927), Robert Schaap & J. Thomas Rimer, Hotei Publishing, 2010, p. 71. |
9/30/2020
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