Men haori with Yuya and the temple Kiyomizu, anonymous, c. 1920 - c. 1940 Canvas Print
Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a rectangular surface in which a No actor reads a letter, with text with cherry blossom leaves next to it, all against a background of a picture of a temple building with flowering trees. In the No theater play of the same name, the actor plays the role of Yuya, the mistress of Taira no Munemori, whose mother sends her letters to ask her to come before she dies. Munemori prevents her from going before the end of the cherry blossom festival they attend at the Kiyomizu temple. The text is a poem that Yuya utters to express her feelings and refers to the transience of things: 'Hana mae ni cho mau funpun taru yuki. Yanagi ue ni hotaru tobu henpen taru kane. Hana wa ryusui [ni shitagatte kaori no kuru koto toshi]" ("Butterflies dance above the blossoms like swirling snow. Fireflies fly above the willow like pieces of gold. The scent of the blossoms, carried by the current, soon arrives") later in the play, Yuya writes a poem on a strip of paper to offer it to Munemori placed on a fan, as pictured here, to beg his permission, after which she is finally allowed to leave. Black shiny silk (habutae) with brocade woven decoration. Five family arms (mon) of ivy (tsuta).
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