Page from Hagoromo (Feathered Robe), Shôwa period, circa 1984-1986

A page from Matsubara's Hagoromo series, this print likely depicts the moment of discovery at the heart of the Noh drama — the fisherman finding the celestial hagoromo draped across a pine branch at the shore. Matsubara's carving style favors deeply incised lines that read as bold graphic strokes, and this page may show the robe itself as a sweeping, feathered form occupying the upper composition while the human figure stands below it in relative stillness. The interplay between the weightless, flowing garment and the grounded figure would reinforce the drama's central tension: the terrestrial world briefly holding something divine. Produced as part of a hand-printed artist's book, each page functions both as a self-contained image and as an element within a sustained visual narrative, printed on washi to achieve a surface receptive to delicate ink gradations.