| Stockno.: | 22-107 | Artist: | Tsukioka Kōgyo 月岡耕漁 (1869-1927) | Description: | Earth spider (Tsuchigumo 土蜘蛛), no. 6 from the series One Hundred Noh Plays (Nōgaku hyakuban 能楽百番). Published by Matsuki Heikichi in 1922.
A priest attacks warrior Minamoto Raikō (Minomoto no Yorimitsu.) by throwing a spider net at him. Raikō's guards kill the monster spider. From the play 'Tsuchigomo'. | Signed: | Kōgyo with Kōgyo seal | Size: | ōban tate-e. | Condition: | Fine impression, colour and condition | Price: | Euro 150 SOLD | Reference: | The Beauty of Silence: Nō and Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927), Robert Schaap & J. Thomas Rimer, Hotei Publishing, 2010, pl. 65, p. 117. | | | |
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