About This Print
One of five index sheets (mokuroku) from the series Nōgakuzue (Illustrations of Noh) which consists of 261 prints (including the five index sheets). The series was issued by the publisher Matsuki Heikichi in five bound books (volumes), translated numerically as: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, and also referred to as Vol. 1 No. 1, Vol. 1 No. 2, Vol. 2 No. 1, Vol. 2 No. 2, Vol. 3.1 This index sheet appears in the front of Volume 1, No. 1.
For background on the Noh theater see the article on this site "Noh - A Brief Summary by Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi".
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1264 |
| Title |  (Illustrations of Noh, Index, volume 1, no. 1) |
| Series | Nōgakuzue 能樂圖繪 (Illustrations of Noh) |
| Artist | Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869-1927) |
| Signature |   柳邨書 [Ryūson sho]shown left: White and red letter seals in a pair 柳 村 [Ryūson] - lower left corner within index scroll shown right: 年久 [Toshi hisa] - lower right corner of print |
| Seal | as shown and described above |
| Date | 1897-1902 |
| Edition | unknown |
| Publisher | Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya Heikichi 大黒屋平) |
| Carver | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - backed; soiling, single pinhole left side |
| Genre | ukiyo-e |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban yoko-e |
| H x W Paper | 9 7/16 x 14 1/8 in. (24 x 35.9 cm) |
| H x W Image | same as paper size |
| Collections This Print | University of Pittsburgh Special Collections 20091209-kogyo-0156; Art Institute Chicago 1939.2258a; Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University AcNo.arcUP0840; New York Metropolitan Museum of Art JIB202 |
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