Archival Note Card | Noh Drama | #11 by Kogyo Tsukioka: Saigyo-Zakura Under Cherry Blossom Tree

A white-bearded elder wears a robe the colour of old bark under a frothy blossom canopy.

This noh drama archival note card is by Kogyo Tsukioka. It is paper. Kogyo Tsukioka, who worked in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is widely known for woodblock prints that recorded scenes and roles from Noh plays. A figure with long white hair and beard stands in a heavy olive-brown coat over pale blue skirts. A canopy of white blossoms on slender stalks rises above. The background fades from smoky grey to white, with small seals at the base. It is 5 inches long and 6.75 high.

Dignified, spring-bright, and dressed for a winter meeting.