The Basket of Flowers' Dance

from the suite: Jūnikagetsu nōga suri" (Twelve months of Noh theatre)
1975

Oban
Shin-hanga
Nishiki-e
Beautiful 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"