Catalog record · 目録番号 129303

Red Lion Dance - Shakkyo

Artist / 作者: Terada Akitoyo
Date / 年代: 1950-1959
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 619 × 900 px
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ

Catalog note / 解説

A dancer is performing lion dance in the noh play, "Shakkyo". O-e Hiromoto (1148-1225), one of the legendary warriors in Japan, was converted to Buddhism and became a priest. He went to China to practice the austerities. One day he was crossing a bridge. He was visited by the spirit of a lion, which suddenly appeared among the blooming peonies and performed a beautiful dance. This scene was dramatized in the Noh play "Shakkyo" (Stone Bridge).

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · Ca. 1950s. · artelino

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