AMA
(海士; 海人)

                
[Dragon Lady] Ryûnyo (龍女)
 
Fujiwara no Fusazaki (藤原房前)
 
Play: Ama (海士)
Print Date: 06/01/98
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Picture of Noh Plays] Nôgaku Zue (能楽図絵) [#84]
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh

 

                
[Dragon Lady] Ryûnyo (龍女)

Play: Ama (海士)
Print Date: 03/1923
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [One Hundred Nô Plays]
Nôgaku Hyakuban (能楽百番) [#26]
*Image courtesy of the Art Research Center,
Ritsumeikan University


 

                
[Dragon Lady] Ryûnyo (龍女)

Play: Ama (海士)
Print Date: c. 1950s
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [One Hundred Nô Plays]
Nôgaku Hyakuban (能楽百番) [#26]
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: This was a posthumously issued version
of the Nôgaku Hyakuban orint lacking the
background and printed in a smaller size.


 

                
[Woman Diver] Ama (海人

Play: Ama (海人)
Print Date: 12/25/25
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [A Great Mirror of Nô Pictures] Nôga Taikan (能画大鑑), Vol. 3, #15
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 
 
 
 

                 

Play: Ama (海士)
Print Date: 1924
Artist: Yamaguchi Ryôshû (山口蓼洲)
Series: [List of Noh Play Equipment)] Nôgu Taikan (能具大鑑) #50
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
Note: Mochimono: Miru (a type of seaweed) and a hook are for Mae-shite. Miru is made of cedar
leaves. Handscroll for Nochi-shite. Kashira: Kurotare (black wig) with the headdress of a dragon.
Kanze school uses a sea dragon. Shikishi: Depicts the world beneath the sea.