Archival Note Card | Noh Drama | #4 by Kogyo Tsukioka: Ukai the Torch Flame

A white-haired wanderer in a grass cape steps out of an inky dark.

This noh drama archival note card is by Kogyo Tsukioka. It is paper. Note cards are folded stationery sheets that carry an image on the front and leave the inside blank for a handwritten message. A figure in a pale outer coat and straw-like skirt walks forward with a red-trimmed hat. The ground is a dense navy black, lightening to grey at the lower left, with a faint hint of falling rain. It is 5 inches long and 6.75 high.

The cape looks coarse, and the exit looks dramatic.