Saigyō ([西行)   
 
[Old Man] Rôjin (老人)
 
[Old Man’s Wife]
Rôjin no Tsuma (老人の妻)
 
Play: Ugetsu (雨月)
Print Date: 11/15/99
Artist: Tsukioka Kogyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Picture of Noh Plays] Nôgaku Zue (能楽図絵) [#182]
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 

 

                
[Old Man] Rôjin (老人)
 
[Old Man’s Wife]
Rôjin no Tsuma (老人の妻)
 
Play: Ugetsu (雨月)
Print Date: 08/28/26
Artist: Tsukioka Kogyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [A Great Mirror of Nô Pictures] Nôga Taikan (能画大鑑), Vol. 5, #21
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 
 
 
 

                 

Play: Ugetsu (雨月)
Print Date: 1924
Artist: Yamaguchi Ryôshû (山口蓼洲)
Series: [List of Noh Play Equipment)] Nôgu Taikan (能具大鑑) #30
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
Note: Tsukurimono: Itaya (shingle roofed hut). Kodôgu (small prop): Kazura-oke (cylindrical
lacquered container). Mochimono: Sakaki branch tied with grass. This prop is no longer used.
The upper left circle depicts the moon with maple leaves in it. It says in the play, "The maple
leaves fall as piling, the various colors are woven."
 
 
 
 
 

                 

Play: Ugetsu (雨月)
Print Date: 1924
Artist: Yamaguchi Ryôshû (山口蓼洲)
Series: [List of Noh Play Equipment)] Nôgu Taikan (能具大鑑) #31
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
Note:  Tsukurimono: Nusadai, a frame-stand for nusa (strips of cut paper). No longer used.
Nochi-shite still uses only nusa. Massha zukin: A type of hood worn by lower-ranked priests in
kyôgen. Takezue: bamboo stick.