About This Print
Right Margin Description of Scene
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The Play - Sakahoko
Sources: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 148-149 and http://www.noh-kyogen.com/story/english/Sanemori.pdf
CharactersAct 1:Waki - a Court OfficialWaki-tsure - two retainersTsure - a manShite - an old manKyōgen - a local person
Act 2:Nochi-tsure - a goddessNochi-shite - the god Taki-matsuri no Kami
A Court official on his way to the shrine of Tatsuta Myōjin falls in with an old man who guides him to the hill on which the shrine stands. When asked, he tells the official that here is enshrined the sacred spear which was carried by the gods Izanai and Izanami when they descended from Heaven and created the islands of Japan. He adds that he himself is Taki-matsuri no Kami, the protective god of the shrine, and then disappears. That night, while the official is resting, a goddess comes to the place and dances, and then the god himself appears, carrying the spear. He tells of its marvels and rejoices at the peace enjoyed under the present reign.
Characters
Act 1:
Waki - a Court Official
Waki-tsure - two retainers
Tsure - a man
Shite - an old man
Kyōgen - a local person
Act 2:
Nochi-tsure - a goddess
Nochi-shite - the god Taki-matsuri no Kami
A Court official on his way to the shrine of Tatsuta Myōjin falls in with an old man who guides him to the hill on which the shrine stands. When asked, he tells the official that here is enshrined the sacred spear which was carried by the gods Izanai and Izanami when they descended from Heaven and created the islands of Japan. He adds that he himself is Taki-matsuri no Kami, the protective god of the shrine, and then disappears. That night, while the official is resting, a goddess comes to the place and dances, and then the god himself appears, carrying the spear. He tells of its marvels and rejoices at the peace enjoyed under the present reign.
Print Details
IHL Catalog #1897 Title Sakahoko 逆矛 or 逆鉾 (The Spear of the Gods) Series Nōgakuzue 能樂圖繪 (Illustrations of Noh)
Artist
Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927)
Signature
Kōgyo 耕漁 Seal Red letter seal in an oval shape: 湖畔 [Kōhan], as shown above
[ref. seal #27, p. 170 in The Beauty of Silence] Date 
Printed on March 5, 1900 / Issued on March 10, 1900
明治三十三年三月五日印刷 / 明治三十三年三月十日發f行 Edition unknown
Publisher 
Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平) [Marks: pub. ref. 029]
Printed and published 印刷兼發行者
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 - light toning; not backed; full size
Genre nishiki-e; 能楽図絵 Nōgaku zue [Noh play picture] Miscellaneous MFA, Boston notes: Part II, Section II kōhen, ge 後編、下 Format ōban yoko-e H x W Paper 9 9/16 x 13 15/16 in. (24.3 x 35.4 cm)sakaho H x W Image
8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. (22.5 x 32.7 cm) area within printed black border
Collections This Print Art Institute Chicago 1939.2258.179 (February 20, 1900); University of Pittsburgh 20091209-kogyo-0369 (February 20, 1900); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 53.2928.37 (February 20, 1900); The British Museum 1949,0409,0.8 (1900); Ritsumeikan Art Research Center AcNo. arcUP1026 (February 20, 1900) Reference Literature
last update:5/2/2019 created
| IHL Catalog | #1897 |
| Title | Sakahoko 逆矛 or 逆鉾 (The Spear of the Gods) |
| Series | Nōgakuzue 能樂圖繪 (Illustrations of Noh) |
| Artist | Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) |
| Signature | |
| Seal | Red letter seal in an oval shape: 湖畔 [Kōhan], as shown above [ref. seal #27, p. 170 in The Beauty of Silence] |
| Date | 明治三十三年三月五日印刷 / 明治三十三年三月十日發f行 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | Printed and published 印刷兼發行者 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 - light toning; not backed; full size |
| Genre | nishiki-e; 能楽図絵 Nōgaku zue [Noh play picture] |
| Miscellaneous | MFA, Boston notes: Part II, Section II kōhen, ge 後編、下 |
| Format | ōban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 9 9/16 x 13 15/16 in. (24.3 x 35.4 cm)sakaho |
| H x W Image | 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. (22.5 x 32.7 cm) area within printed black border |
| Collections This Print | Art Institute Chicago 1939.2258.179 (February 20, 1900); University of Pittsburgh 20091209-kogyo-0369 (February 20, 1900); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 53.2928.37 (February 20, 1900); The British Museum 1949,0409,0.8 (1900); Ritsumeikan Art Research Center AcNo. arcUP1026 (February 20, 1900) |
| Reference Literature |
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