The Ashikari-yama float. Photo thanks - http://kyotomoyou.jp/

An old illustration showing the Ashikari-yama float. Image thanks - https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/e/ijac/

Woodblock print based on Zeami's Noh play 'The Reed Cutter'. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

The Ashikari-yama float lion textile.

19) ASHIKARI-YAMA (芦刈山)🌾

Ashikari-yama is based on Zeami's (世阿弥元清 1363-1443) Noh play 'The Reed Cutter' (芦刈).
The work concerns a Naniwa reed-cutter, reunited briefly with the wife poverty forced him to abandon. She is now remarried and wealthy.

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