Catalog record · 目録番号 129323
Shakko
Catalog note / 解説
"Shakko" A dancer is performing lion dance in the noh play, "Shakko". O-e Hiromoto (1148-1225), one of the legenary warrior 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 from 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 · 1950s. · artelino
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