Noh Theater [038] Performances (014)

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Title Noh Theater [038] Performances (014)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 48
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1963
Subject Performing arts--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Performances--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Theaters--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Theater--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Nō plays--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Men--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Actors--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Male actors--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Masks--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Costume--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Dress accessories--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Headgear--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Pine--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Nō; Clothing and dress; Dress accessories; Headgear; Theater
Keywords Kashiwabara; Nōgaku; Nō-men; Nomen; Costumes; Shozoku; Headpieces; Stages; Hagoromo; Shite; Tsukurimono; Tsukuri mono
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Description Photograph of actor performing in play "Hagoromo" (The Feather Mantle or The Feather Robe), Kyoto, Japan
Caption on Slide Noh actor performing in "Hagoromo" (The Feather Mantle or The Feather Robe), Kyoto, 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: "Tsukuri mono ["made-up props"] are constructed specifically for a performance...These are symbolic, built of bamboo and often wrapped in white cloth, and occasionally decorated with artificial trees or flowering branches."----Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre by Samuel L. Leiter, pages 312-313. Note: See (also) images with File Names: sl_japanesenohdrama024 and sl_japanesenohdrama049 (possibly same performance / play). Note: Original caption information provided as: "No actor at Mr. Kashiwabaras private Noh Theater from Hagoromo Kyoto, Japan" Note: Date.Original provided as: 1963.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6hx1wjs
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 339733
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hx1wjs
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