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 Tadanobu by an unknown playwright.

The Play - Tadanobu

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 176.

Escaping from the capital and the danger stemming from his brother's suspicion of him, Yoshitsune has come to Mt. Yoshino.  But as Yoshimori has discovered that the soldier-priests there are unfriendly and plan to kill Yoshitsune that same night, the party flees from the mountain while Tadanobu stays behind to cover their retreat.  When the attack comes at nightfall he first drives the enemy back with arrows from a tower and then, after pretending to commit suicide, jumps down into a valley behind the tower.  After searching the tower in vain for his body, the soldiers find and attack him again, but once more he makes good his escape and hurries after Yoshitsune.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#214
Title	Tadanobu 忠信
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 - 2" x 1" stain and two small stains; trimmed; not backed
Genre	ukiyo-e
Miscellaneous
Format	oban yoko-e
H x W Paper	10 x 13 7/8 in. (25.4 x 35.2 cm)
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