Eboshi-ori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Eboshi-ori (The Eboshi Maker) is a relatively rare Noh play set in Kyoto and centered on the young Ushiwaka — the future Minamoto no Yoshitsune — at the moment in his early manhood when he flees from the Kurama Temple disguised as a merchant. The play takes its name from an episode in which Ushiwaka acquires a new courtier's eboshi cap from a hatter to complete his disguise. Tsukioka Kōgyo's print in Nōgaku Zue (Pictures of Noh Performances) is one of the few accessible visual records of this seldom-staged work. Published by Matsuki Heikichi circa 1898 and held by the Art Institute of Chicago, this Meiji-period color woodblock print exemplifies Tsukioka Kōgyo's documentary project of recording the full Noh repertoire — a project that, together with Nōga Taikan and Nōgaku Hyaku-ban, remains the most comprehensive visual encyclopedia of Noh ever produced in print.