MATSUNO SOFU ET HIDEYO ( ACTIFS XXEME S)

KIKU JIDO

KIKU JIDO

From the suite: Jūnikagetsu nōga suri" (Twelve months of Noh theatre)1975ObanShin-hangaNishiki-eBeautiful colors.He was one of the favorite subjects of Emperor Mu, until the day when, falling into disgrace following the machinations of a rival, he was banished to the mountains. Upon parting ways with him, Emperor Mu took pity on him and taught him a line from the Lotus Sutra to ensure his safety. Kikujidou, exiled to a valley of blooming chrysanthemums, spent his days writing this Buddhist saying on chrysanthemum leaves, and when one day he immersed those leaves in the stream in the valley, the water turned into an elixir of 'immortality...

300.00 €


SHOJO

SHOJO

Midare or an instrumental dancefrom the suite: Jūnikagetsu nōga suri" (Twelve months of Noh theatre)1975Shin-hangaNishiki-eBeautiful colors very light flexible folds of impression.There are two midare dances in the Noh theater which are performed accompanied by instruments such as a bamboo flute, drums and small hand drums. One of them is "Shojo no Mai" or the dance of an orangutan-like supernatural being (the other being Sagi no Mai, The Dance of a Snowy Heron).It is always presented as the last number of a program.The characters inscribed in the seal mean: "The well which contains water in infinite supply"..

270.00 €


HANAGATAMI

HANAGATAMI

The Basket of Flowers' Dancefrom the suite: Jūnikagetsu nōga suri" (Twelve months of Noh theatre)1975ObanShin-hangaNishiki-eBeautiful colors, printing with embossing.Hanagatami or The Basket of Flowers, narrates an idyll, although not recorded in the annals, between a prince who later acceded to the throne as the twenty-sixth emperor of Japan and the daughter of a provincial lord.Princess Teruhi-no-Mae imitates here the behavior of the emperor who adored his ancestors by offering flowers to their souls in the village of Ajimano before his accession to the throne.The characters inscribed in the seal mean:"Maple Leaves Scattered in the Wind"..

300.00 €


DOJOJI

DOJOJI

Red Wig Dancefrom the suite: Jūnikagetsu nōga suri" (Twelve months of Noh theatre)1975ObanShin-hangaNishiki-eBeautiful colors.Perhaps no temple is more popular than Dojoji Temple in the history of Japanese public entertainment, but no reference is made to it in this drama. The drama deals with the metamorphosis of a woman into a dragon. The print illustrates the moment when the woman, having thrown her eboshi hood with her fan, is about to be consumed.The characters inscribed in the seal mean:"Other than cherries, nothing but pines."..

300.00 €


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