About This Print
"The print shoes a split scene. One the left, three men in Edo-period dress place the costume on the shite as he prepares for his dance in the second part of the play. On the right, Bai Juyi stands before the three fishermen from the first part of the play."
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The Play - Hakurakuten
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 ground keeper (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 | #1956 |
| Title | Hakurakuten 白楽天 |
| Series | Nōgakuzue 能樂圖繪 (Illustrations of Noh) |
| Artist | Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | Red letter seal in a square shape: 耕／漁 [Kō / gyo]. , as shown above [ref. seal #34, p. 171 in The Beauty of Silence] |
| Date |  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 [earliest edition likely February 1898] |
| 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 | good - soiling |
| 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 1939.2258.77 (July 5, 1898); University of Pittsburgh 20091209-kogyo-0248 (c. 1898); Ritsumeikan Art Research Center (February 15, 1898) |
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