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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 Shunzei Tadanori by the playwright Naitō Zaemon.

The Play - Shunzei Tadanori (Shunzei and Tadanori)

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 169.

Okabe no Rokuyata, who has killed Tadanori in battle, brings Shunzei a poem which he found in Tadanori's quiver.  Tadanori's ghost then appears and after complaining that Shunzei has included a poem of his in an anthology as an anonymous one, and talking of poetry in general, he speaks of the torments a warrior suffers after death. 

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#285
Title	Shunzei Tadanori 俊成忠度 (Shunzei and Tadanori)
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	fair - eight binding holds along right edge; not trimmed; not backed
Genre	ukiyo-e
Miscellaneous
Format	oban yoko-e
H x W Paper	10 x 14 3/4 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
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