Noh Theater [022] Masks (011)

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Title Noh Theater [022] Masks (011)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 60
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1976
Subject Performing arts--Photographs; Theater--Photographs; Nō plays--Photographs; Masks--Photographs; Costume--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Older people--Art--Photographs; Japan; Nō; Older people; Theater
Keywords Nōgaku; Nō-men; Nomen; Costumes
Description Photograph of Noh mask
Caption on Slide Noh mask (an old man), artist unknown, painted wood, Muromachi period, 15th century, Tokyo National Museum, Japan. (On back) p. 135 Japan A Hist in Art
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: Muromachi period: 1337 to 1573 Note: Original caption information provided as: "Wood painted 15th c. artist unk. Muromachi Noh Mask do-no-men (an old man) Tok. Nat. Mus. Japan (on back) p. 135 Japan A Hist in Art"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6v12nqn
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 339599
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v12nqn
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