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One of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays) depicting a scene from the play Tōei by the playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443).

The Play - Tōei

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 191.

Tokiyori is traveling incognito as an ordinary priest in the western part of Japan to learn the true state of affairs in the country, when he comes to Ashiya and finds that Tsukiwaka, the son of the former lord, has had his lands usurped by his uncle Tōei.  He goes to see Tōei but, funding him in the middle of a party, watches while he dances and even asks him to dance again.  Then the Regent reveals his identify, restores the lands to Tsukiwaka and, by not confiscating Tōei's rightful property, leaves them to live in peace together.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#594
Title	Tōei 藤榮
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	Kōgyo seal
Date	1925-1930
Edition	unknown
Publisher	Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo
Carver	Uchida Eikichi
Printer	Yoshida Takesaburō
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent
Genre	ukiyo-e
Miscellaneous
Format	oban yoko-e
H x W Paper	9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (24.8 x 37.5 cm)
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