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Number 28 of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays), depicting a scene from the play Yoshina Shizuka by the playwright Kanami (1333-1384).

The Play - Yoshina Shizuka (Lady Shizuka in Yoshino) by Kanami

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 218-219.

To help Minamoto Yoshitsune escape from Yoshino, his retainer Tadanobu and his mistress Shizuka meet and plan to delay his pursuers.  Tadanobu disguises himself as a pilgrim and talks to the two soldiers while they rest, in a way designed to weaken them in their purpose.  Shizuka then dances and tells them of Yoshitsune's uprightness, and in the end they delay the pursuit so much that the hour of danger passes.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#336
Title	Yoshina Shizuka
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	originally July 5, 1926
Edition	unknown
Publisher	Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo
Carver	Uchida Eikichi
Printer	Yoshida Takesaburō
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	good - slight soiling; not backed
Genre	ukiyo-e
Miscellaneous
Format	oban yoko-e
H x W Paper	10 x 14 3/8 in. (25.4 x 36.5 cm)
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