About This Print
In the scene the keeper of the shrine to the god Aridōshi, actually the god himself, recites Shinto prayers and dances for the poet Ki no Tsurayuki and his two servants.
In the play, the poet Ki no Tsurayuki (waki) annoys the groundkeeper (shite) by riding his horse within the precincts of the Aridōshi Shrine. Tsurayuki soothes the feelings of the shrine deity by reciting a poem he has composed, after which, at the poet’s request, the god recites some Shinto prayers.
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For another depiction of this scene by the artist see Nōga taikan, Aridōshi.
Right Margin Description of Scene
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The Play - Aridōshi
Source: The Beauty of Silence: Nō and Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927), Robert Schaap & J. Thomas Rimer, Hotei Publishing, 2010, p. 134In the play, the poet Ki no Tsurayuki (waki) annoys the groundkeeper (shite) by riding his horse within the precincts of the Aridōshi Shrine. Tsurayuki soothes the feelings of the shrine deity by reciting a poem he has composed, after which, at the poet’s request, the god recites some Shinto prayers.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1955 |
| Title | Aridōshi 蟻通 |
| Series | Nōgakuzue 能樂圖繪 (Illustrations of Noh) |
| Artist | Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | Red letter seal in an eddy shape: 歴山 [Rekizan], as shown above |
| Date |  Printed on April 18, 1904 / Issued on April 22, 1904 明治三十七年四月十八日印刷 / 仝 年仝月廿二日発行 |
| Edition | later edition |
| Publisher |  Address 日本橋区吉川町二番地 松木平吉 followed by Daikokuya seal. |
| Carver | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | ukiyo-e; 能楽図絵 Nōgaku zue [Noh play picture] |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | ōban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 14 5/8 in. (25.4 x 37.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 15/16 x 13 in. (22.7 x 33 cm) area within printed black border |
| Collections This Print | Art Institute Chicago 1939.2258.166 (February 5, 1900); University of Pittsburgh 20091209-kogyo-0352 (c. 1900); Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College 2009.7.16 (?) |
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