When a piece of cloth is removed from a frame construction on stage, the tree spirit is revealed. It addresses a wandering buddhist priest:
the willow tree. Has encountered
the holy law, the teaching
of amida, who guides
even the crooked
straight to paradise. The spirit hopes that the priest, by reciting the name of the buddha amida, will help it attain rebirth in amida's western paradise. Date: 1899 (Meiji). Place of creation: Tokyo, Japan. Dimensions: height: 24.7 cm (9.7 in); width: 37.1 cm (14.6 in). Medium: pigments on mulberry paper. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Matsuke Heikichi - Nogaku zue - Walters 95270
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