Index Page, prints .151-.200 (Vol.2), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
- Date:
- 1898
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
This 1893 color woodblock print by Tsukioka Kōgyo, an index page for volume two of "Pictures of Noh Performances (Nogaku Zue)," combines columns of black-printed Japanese text listing titles with a painterly design of two red-crowned cranes—one standing among gnarled pine branches at lower right, the other flying overhead—set against a pale gray, softly shaded mountain slope. The palette is muted: cream paper, green pine needles, gray mountain, and touches of black and red in the cranes' markings and the artist's seal. The overall mood is quiet and decorative rather than narrative, functioning as a table-of-contents page framed by an auspicious crane-and-pine motif.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Index Page, prints .151-.200 (Vol.2), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" was created by Tsukioka Kōgyo (月岡耕漁) in 1898.
Index Page, prints .151-.200 (Vol.2), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" depicts theater.