Sarugaku-Kyögen Play (descriptive title)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
A print depicting a Sarugaku-Kyogen play — the comic theater tradition associated with Noh performance, in which short comic interludes (kyogen) provided relief from the intense austerity of Noh drama. Sarugaku was the original term for what developed into Noh theater, and Chikanobu's depiction of this classical performing arts subject connects his oeuvre to the tradition of theater imagery that ran throughout the history of Japanese printmaking. The descriptive title indicates scholarly reconstruction of an original title that may have been more specific.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Sarugaku-Kyögen Play (descriptive title) was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Sarugaku-Kyögen Play (descriptive title) depicts figures and kabuki.
