Condition:
Colours bright, gold and mica intact; subtle toning at outer margin, tiny crease at bottom edge; no stains, tears or repairs visible.
Izutsu (井筒).
The print shows the "shite" of the Noh play Izutsu: the spirit of Ki no Aritsune`s daughter who, still in love with Ariwara no Narihira, rises from her burial mound at Ariwara-dera. She bows beside a minimalist ink outline of the well where the pair once compared their height. She now wears Narihira`s lavender kariginu gilded with wisteria-fan motifs and dances in his tall tate-eboshi, scarlet scabbard at her hip; autumn pampas grass (susuki) hints at the play`s "first-moon" setting.
Condition:
Colours bright, gold and mica intact; subtle toning at outer margin, tiny crease at bottom edge; no stains, tears or repairs visible.
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| Series | A collection of Noh prints (Nō hangashū, 能版画集). |
| Author | Hanafusa Hideki (花房英樹). |
| Size | Dai ōban (大大判) 40cm x 37,5cm (15,74 x 10,82 inches). |
| Publisher | Matsuki Setsutarō (松木節太郎). |
| Number | / |
| Genre | Shin hanga (新版画), Nō-ga (能画). |
| Period | c. 1960s. |
| Trimmed | No |
| Backed | No |
| Code | HBH01002 |