About This Print
One of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays) depicting a scene from the play Shirahige sometimes attributed to the playwright Kanami (1333-1384).The Play - Shirahige
Source:A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 162.Characters
Act 1: waki - an Imperial envoy; waki-tsure - two retainers; tsure - a fisherman; shite - an old fisherman; kyōgen - the god of a subsidiary shrine
Act 2: nochi-shite - the god Shirahige no Myōjin; nochi-tsure - a goddess; nochi-tsure - a dragon-god
An Imperial envoy on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Shirahige no Myōjin meets an old fisherman there and hears from him how Mt. Hiei, with which the shrine is closely connected, first came to be a great center of Buddhism. The old man then vanished but, reappearing later in his true form as the Shirahige, dances for the envoy. A goddess and a dragon-god also appear and join in the entertainment.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #756 |
| Title | Shirahige 白鬚 |
| 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 | 1926-1930 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo |
| Carver | Uchida Eikichi |
| Printer | Yoshida Takesaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - not backed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 9 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. (25.1 x 36.5 cm) |
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