TSUCHIGUMO (NÔ)
(土蜘)

                
[The Spirit of the Ground Spider] Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)
 
Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)
Print Date: 09/05/97
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Picture of Noh Plays] Nôgaku Zue (能楽図絵) [#31]
*Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 

 

                
[The Spirit of the Ground Spider]
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)
Print Date: 08/1922
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [One Hundred Nô Plays]
Nôgaku Hyakuban (能楽百番) [#6]
*Image courtesy of the Art Research Center,
Ritsumeikan University
 


 

                 

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)
Print Date: 1924
Artist: Yamaguchi Ryôshû (山口蓼洲)
Series: [List of Noh Play Equipment)] Nôgu Taikan (能具大鑑) #101
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
Note: Tsukurimono: Kazuraoke (cylindrical lacquered container) is placed on ichijôdai and covered
by haku (type of lined short-sleeved kimono). Tachi (sword) is placed beside it. Shikishi: Depicts the
gold kazaori-eboshi for Yorimitsu and the spider. It says in the play, "My lover will visit me tonight as
the behavior of spider tells me so..."
 
 

                 

Play: Tsuchigumo (蜘蛛)
Print Date: 1924
Artist: Yamaguchi Ryôshû (山口蓼洲)
Series: [List of Noh Play Equipment)] Nôgu Taikan (能具大鑑) #102
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
Note: Tsukurimono: Yama (mountain): Frame with mochinoki (mochi tree) on the top. Chisuji-no-Ito
(spider's web) is put around on the frame. Ichijōdai: Kanze School does not use this platform.
Uchizue: Thin stick. About 60 cm long, with a cross bar at the end.  Shikishi: Depicts the akagashira
(red wig) for Nochi-shite and the pattern of happi (long-sleeved garment).
 
 

                
[The Spirit of the Ground Spider]
Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)
 
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経)

Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)
Print Date: 08/28/26
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [A Great Mirror of Nô Pictures] Nôga Taikan (能画大鑑), Vol. 5, #20
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 
 
 

                   
[The Spirit of the Ground Spider] Tsuchigumo no Sei (土蜘の精)
 
Play: Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛)
Print Date: 06/1938
Artist: Matsuno Sôfû (松野奏風)
Series: [Fifty Noh Figures in Color]
Nô Sugata Gojyû Irodori (能姿五十彩) No. 45
Image courtesy of the Art Resource Center, Ritsumeikan University