Nonomiya: The Princess Of The Provisional Palace

Object Details

• Artist

  Tsukioka Kogyo 月岡耕漁 (1869-1927)

• Publisher

  Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉

• Label

  Several noh plays have been inspired by The Tale of Genji, a major piece of literature that traces the life of its protagonist, Genji—the so-called Shining Prince. The story in Nonomiya is one key episode of the tale surrounding the Lady Rokujō, one of Prince Genji’s famous lovers. Kōgyo’s print captures the moment a mysterious woman—soon to be identified as the specter of Lady Rokujō—enters the story. Kōgyo visualizes elements that are present only in the play’s songs, to be imagined by the audience. One such element is the vista of the rural Nonomiya shrine, whose gate is described in The Tale of Genji as made of unpainted wood and linked by a wicker wood fence.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints (March 23 to October 6, 2024)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Robert O. Muller Collection

• Type

  Print

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• Date

  1900s

• Name

  Tsukioka, Kogyo, Matsuki, Heikichi

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Princess, Palace, Robert O. Muller collection, Japanese Art, The Tale of Genji, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints