Noh Theater [012] Masks (001)

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Title Noh Theater [012] Masks (001)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 58
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1968
Subject Performing arts--Photographs; Theater--Photographs; Nō plays--Photographs; Masks--Photographs; Costume--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Girls--Art--Photographs; Japan; Nō; Theater
Keywords Nōgaku; Nō-men; Nomen; Costumes; Ko omote
Description Photograph of Noh mask
Caption on Slide Noh mask: Ko-omote, collection of P.L. Tierney.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Noh (Nō)...is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century...Noh performance is extremely codified, and regulated by the iemoto system, with an emphasis on tradition rather than innovation..."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ko-omote (literally, "little mask") conveys the beauty of a girl not yet twenty."--The Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
ARK ark:/87278/s6mg86dt
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 339593
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mg86dt
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