About This Print
Number 42* of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays), it depicts a scene from the play Yorimasa by the playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443).For another depiction of this play by the artist see .
* Numbering on semi-transparent information cover sheet for this print, as issued in July 5, 1926 edition.
The Play - Yorimasa 頼政
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p.215-216.
By Zeami
For another depiction of this play by Kōgyo see Nōgakuzue, Yorimasa. For a depiction of this play by Kōgyo's student Matsuno Sōfū (1899-1963), see Yorimasa, No. 17 from the series Fifty Noh Figures in Color.
The Play - Yorimasa 頼政
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p.215-216.By Zeami
Second Group
All Noh schools
Characters:
Waki - a traveling priestShite - an old manKyōgen - a local personNochi-shite - Minamoto no Yorimasa
A travelling priest stops at Uji and is admiring the view there when an old man approaches and, after telling him about various historical spots in the neighborhood, leads him to the Byōdō-in. There he shows him the patch of turf cut in the shape of a fan to commemorate the warrior Yorimasa who laid his fan down and killed himself there after being defeated in battle. Revealing that he is the spirit of the warrior, he then disappears. After the priest has prayed for the repose of his soul, Yorimasa comes to him in his true form and tells him about the battle. He asks the priest to continue to pray for him and again fades from sight.
Noh performance of Yorimasa
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #175 |
| Title | Yorimasa 頼政 |
| 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 | 精美書院 Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo |
| Carver | Uchida Eikichi |
| Printer | Yoshida Takesaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - minor soiling; not backed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e |
| Miscellaneous | print was issued in Volume III of V volumes issued by |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 14 1/4 in. (25.4 x 36.2 cm) |
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