Noh Play Hachinoki, two of three, second half 19th century, Shibata Zeshin, Japanese, 1807 - 1891, 35 3/4 × 12 5/8 in. (90.81 × 32.07 cm) (image)74 1/8 × 18 5/16 in. (188.28 × 46.51 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century, Set in the mid-Kamakura period, the story of Hachinoki ('Potted Trees') is a tale of loyalty rewarded. One snowy day, a traveling monk appeared at the home of the warrior Sano no Genzaemon-no-jō Tsuneyo and asked to stay. Tsuneyo initially declined as his family was too poor to host anyone, but at the urging of his wife, changed his mind. To keep the house warm, Tsuneyo sacrificed his prized bonsai treesminiature plum, cherry, and pineas firewood. Tsuneyo explained to the monk that his family had once owned a large piece of land, but a relative had usurped it. But despite his poverty, he avowed, he would immediately ride his horse to battle if the shogun needed him. A few days later, he received a mobilization order by the regent Ho