Woman holding a Noh mask
- Date:
- circa 1970-1990
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A woman holds a Noh mask in this composition from the 1970s, the mask placed between the figure and the viewer as both object of contemplation and barrier of identity. The Noh mask — typically of a young woman's face — creates a layered portrait: a living woman holding the formal representation of a woman, each reflecting on the other. Takasawa returns to this thematic pairing to explore how representation frames and shapes the perception of beauty.
More Prints by Takasawa Keiichi
More Kabuki Prints
Kabuki Theater
歌舞伎
Woodblock print
Onoe Shoroku II as the tattooed villain Danshichi
1955
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Woman holding a Noh mask was created by Takasawa Keiichi (高沢圭一) in circa 1970-1990.
Woman holding a Noh mask depicts kabuki and bijin-ga.