Scene of a No Drama: The Gold Charms, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
- Date:
- 1898/1903
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
This print, catalogued by the Art Institute of Chicago under the title Scene of a Noh Drama: The Gold Charms, belongs to Tsukioka Kōgyo's Nōgaku Hyaku-ban (One Hundred Noh Dramas) and depicts a moment from one of the demonic or auspicious-charm plays of the Noh repertoire. As with all sheets in the series, Kōgyo's approach is documentary rather than dramatic, depicting the shite figure with the careful attention to mask, costume, and stage property that has made his Meiji- and Taishō-era Noh prints essential references for both scholars and performers. Published by Matsuki Heikichi between 1922 and 1926 with some impressions dated by the Art Institute of Chicago to 1898/1903, the print exemplifies the encyclopedic visual project that Kōgyo undertook as the spiritual heir to Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's late ukiyo-e tradition. Together with the rest of the Nōgaku Hyaku-ban series, this sheet contributed to the most comprehensive visual record of Noh ever produced in print.
1898/1903
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right: 1943.833.42a)
1898/1903
Color woodblock print
1898
Color woodblock print
1898
Color woodblock print
Scene of a No Drama: The Gold Charms, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" was created by Tsukioka Kōgyo (月岡耕漁) in 1898/1903.
Scene of a No Drama: The Gold Charms, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" depicts theater.
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