Noh Theater [054] Stages (004)

Title Noh Theater [054] Stages (004)
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 39
Description Photograph of Noh stage
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1989
Subject Performing arts--Japan--Photographs; Performances--Japan--Photographs; Theaters--Japan--Photographs; Theater--Japan--Photographs; Nō plays--Japan--Photographs; Trees--Art; Pine--Art; Japan; Nō; Theater
Keywords Nōgaku; Stages; Hinoki butai; Kagami-ita; Kagami ita
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Japan
Caption on Slide Noh stage area, Japan.
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: Hinoki butai - the "cypress-wood stages" of no --Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre by Samuel L. Leiter, page 115. Note: Kagami ita - the "mirror board" wall...on which is painted a venerable pine tree --Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre by Samuel L. Leiter, page 149.
Type Image
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.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6708jbt
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 339836
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6708jbt
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