About This Print
One of 200 prints issued as part of the series Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays), it depicts a scene from the play Seiōbo by an unknown playwright but traditionally attributed to Konparu Zenchiku ( (1405-c. 1470) in which Seiōboi presents a magical peach to the Emperor.The Play - Seiōbo 西王母 (The Queen Mother of the West)
Source:
A Guide to No, P.G. O'Neill, Hinoki Shoten, 1929, p.152.Extolling the benevolent government of the Emperor, Sei-ōbo (Hsi Wang Mu) comes down from Heaven and presents him with a miraculous peach. It comes from a tree which blooms and fruits only once every three thousand years, and brings long life to whoever eats it. She then dances in honour of the reign of the Emperor.
Noh performance of Seiōbo Dec 1963
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Copyright 1998-2006, Global Performing Arts Consortium. All Rights Reserved.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #144 |
| Title | Seiōbo 西王母 (The Queen Mother of the West) |
| Series | Nōga taikan 能画大鑑
(Encyclopedia of Noh Plays or A Great Mirror of Noh Pictures or A Great Collection of Noh Pictures) |
| Artist | Tsukioka
Kōgyo (1869-1927) |
| Signature | Kōgyo |
| Seal |  rai (Thunder) |
| Date | 1925-1930 |
| Edition | unknown Note: The first edition was issued 1926 (Taisho 15), subsequent editions were issued in 1934 and 1936 |
| Publisher | 精美書院, Seibi Shoten (or Seibi Shoin), Tokyo |
| Carver | Uchida Eikichi |
| Printer | Yoshida Takesaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - minor soiling and foxing; not backed |
| Genre | ukiyo-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 x 14 1/8 in. (25.4 x 35.9 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. 71. |
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