Noh Theater [020] Masks (009)

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Title Noh Theater [020] Masks (009)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 63
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1969
Subject Performing arts--Photographs; Theater--Photographs; Nō plays--Photographs; Masks--Photographs; Costume--Photographs; Kanze school--Photographs; Statesmen--Art--Photographs; Sugawara, Michizane, 845-903--Art--Photographs; Anger--Art--Photographs; Ghosts--Art--Photographs; Warriors--Art--Photographs; Japan; Nō; Theater
Keywords Nōgaku; Nō-men; Nomen; Costumes
Description Photograph of Noh masks: (L) #183 Tenjin by Shakuzuru, Kanze Collection; (R) #184 Ayakashi by Tokuwaka, Kongo Collection, page 174
Caption on Slide Noh masks: (L) Tenjin by Shakuzuru, Kanze Collection, 183; (R) Ayakashi by Tokuwaka, Kongo Collection, 184.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Number in caption refers to designation in book: Noh, the Classical Theatre of Japan by Donald Keene. 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: "Tenjin...This mask is said to depict the rage of the great statesman Sugawara no Michizane on being betrayed..."--Noh, the Classical Theatre of Japan by Donald Keene, page 174. Note: "Ayakashi is the name given to a phantom who appears at sea...It is used for ghosts, especially of warriors..."--Noh, the Classical Theatre of Japan by Donald Keene, page 174.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6zp4q1r
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 339598
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zp4q1r
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