About This Print
The Play - Yuki
Source: A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p. 222-223.A priest on his way to the Tenno-ji temple is sheltering from a sudden snowstorm when a young woman appears. He learns that she is the spirit of snow and, after asking him to read a sutra for her, she dances and then fades from sight amid the swirling flakes.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #205 |
| Title | Yuki 雪 (Snow) |
| Series | Nōgakuzue 能樂圖繪 (Illustrations of Noh) |
| Artist | Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) |
| Signature | Kōgyo 耕 漁 |
| Seal |  Red letter seal in a snow-covered pine branch shape: 耕漁 [Kōgyo] |
| Date | Printed on July 5, 1901 / Issued on July 10, 1901(Meiji 34) 明治三十四年七月五日 印刷仝年仝月十日発行 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平) [Marks: pub. ref. 029] |
| Carver | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - slightly trimmed along left margin; not backed, minor soiling, light toning; thinning lower right margin |
| Genre | ukiyo-e; 能楽図絵 Nōgaku zue [Noh play picture] |
| Miscellaneous | silver metallic highlights and embossing on robe; embossing in rectangular areas upper right and lower left corners Portland Art Museum loan number L2012.113.6 |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 9 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (23.8 x 35.9 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 3/4 x 13 in. (22.2 x 33 cm) area within printed black border |
| Collections This Print | University of Pittsburgh 20091209-kogyo-0417 |
| Reference Literature | The Beauty of Silence: Nō and Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927), Robert Schaap & J. Thomas Rimer, Hotei Publishing, 2010, fig. 21, p. 76. |
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