Lot 129
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Tsukioka Kogyo (Japanese, 1869-1927), color woodcut (woodblock), note on verso says printed 1901. One of a 200 ukiyo-e print series called "Noga taikan" (also "Encyclopedia of Noh Plays" or "A Great Mirror of Noh Pictures" or "A Great Collection of Noh Pictures") that most likely depicts a scene from the play "Kureha" by the playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443) in which Kogyo presents two women standing before their weaving loom. The artists seal is on the lower right, and the woodcut is nicely framed. Size: 12.625" W x 8.5" H (32.1 cm x 21.6 cm); 20" W x 15.875" H (50.8 cm x 40.3 cm) framed
The following is an excerpt that may describe the two women in this image from P.G. O'Neill's "A Guide to No": "On his way to pray at Nishinomiya, a Court official sees two women in the village of Kureha, one of whom is weaving and the other reeling thread. When he asks them who they are, he is told that they are the two girls, Kurehatori and Ayahatori, who introduced weaving into Japan in the reign of Emperor Ojin. After promising to return this same night to weave some cloth for the present Emperor, they disappear. Kurehatori later returns and dances in celebration of the happy reign; and in his dream, the official sees them both weaving heaps of rare damask for the Emperor." (A Guide to No by P.G. O'Neill, 1929, p. 91)
Provenance: Estate of William Stockton, Colorado, USA; acquired between July 20, 1966 and January 7, 1974 while Mr. Stockton was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. During this period he traveled primarily to Korea, but also to Japan, Vietnam, and other countries in Southeast Asia.
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- Condition: This woodblock has not been examined outside the frame but appears to be in excellent condition. Artist's seal on lower right.
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