About This Print
One of about fifty prints designed by the artist in the shikishiban (almost square) format around the turn of last century.| This composition shows two stage properties (kodōgo) of the Nō theater: a kaburimono (headgear) with the figure of a running tiger and an uchizue ("demon stick"). As the name suggests, the "demon stick" is usually held by demons, such as the evil spirit of Lady Rokujō in the play Aoi no ue, or the demoness of the Adachi Moor in the piece Adachgahara. The headgear is topped with the figure of a tiger and the inscription on the print indicates that this work is associated with the play Ryōko. The story centers on a fight between a tiger living in a bamboo grove and a dragon from a nearby mountain. |
Ryōko from the series Nogaku hyakuban, 1925/1926 by Tsukioka Kōgyo
A tiger, seated in a bamboo forest, wearing the headdress of a tiger and holding a branch of bamboo,
faces off with a dragon holding a demon stick, the two stage props pictured in this collection's print.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2185 |
| Title (Description) |  |
| Series | |
| Artist | Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal |  seal no. 13, p. 170 of The Beauty of Silence. |
| Date | c. 1900 |
| Publisher | attributed to Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平) [Marks: pub. ref. 029] |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - soiling most noticeable in light areas of print |
| Genre | ukiyo-e; |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | shikishiban |
| H x W Paper | 9 11/16 x 9 5/8 in. (24.6 x 24.4 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | The Beauty of Silence: Nō and Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927), Robert Schaap & J. Thomas Rimer, Hotei Publishing, 2010, p. 139. |
10/16/2019 created
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