Saigyo-zakura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
- Date:
- 1898
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
An elderly bearded man with long white hair, wearing a black cap and a green robe patterned with yellow roundels over pale blue pleated trousers, stands beneath an arching cherry tree in blossom, his hands tucked at his waist. Facing him at right is a masked figure in a green outer robe over a dark blue-and-white patterned inner garment and white divided trousers, seated or kneeling on the pale ground. The palette is muted — sage green, powder blue, and cream — against a plain beige background, with columns of Japanese text at right and the title "Saigyo-zakura" printed below; the scene illustrates this 1893 color woodblock print by Tsukioka Kōgyo from the series "Pictures of Nō Performances (Nōgaku Zue)."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Saigyo-zakura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" was created by Tsukioka Kōgyo (月岡耕漁) in 1898.
Saigyo-zakura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" depicts theater.