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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 Hiun by an unknown playwright.

The Play - Hiun

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 56.

Some priests traveling through Shinano Province meet an old woodcutter who tells them about famous maple-viewing places there and, promising to come to entertain them later, asks them to pass the night in the place.  He returns later in his true form as a devil-god, Hiun, but the priests have been forewarned by a local god and succeed in subduing the devil by their holy power.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#123
Title	Hiun 飛雲
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	good -minor wrinkling; small spot discoloration lower right; not backed
Genre	ukiyo-e
Miscellaneous
Format	oban yoko-e
H x W Paper	9 7/8 x 14 in. (25.1 x 35.6 cm)
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