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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 Tsuchi-Guruma by the playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443).

The Play - Tsuchi-Guruma

Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 200.

Beside himself with grief at the death of his wife, Fukakusa no Shosho abandons his son and goes off to become a priest.  One of his retainers, Kojiro, becomes distracted by the worry and responsibility which devolves upon him and takes the son in search of his father by dragging him from place to place in a barrow.  One day, they come to the Zenko-ji and there, by a happy chance, are reunited with Fukakusa.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#334
Title	Tsuchi-Guruma 土車 (The Wheelbarrow)
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
Date	1925-1930
Edition	unknown
Publisher	Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo
Carver	Uchida Eikichi
Printer	Yoshida Takesaburō
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent - slight wrinkling and fold bottom left corner; 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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