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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.