Archival Note Card | Noh Drama | #16

A shaggy, wild-haired figure in a fur-trimmed coat stands in a flurry of grey.

This noh drama archival note card. It is paper. Noh is a Japanese stage tradition that took shape in the fourteenth century, and it is known for slow movement, chanting, carved masks and richly layered costumes. A figure with a thick black mane and beard wears a cream outer robe with a fur-patterned lower coat and dark trousers. A faint pine branch hangs at upper right. A small seal sits at lower right on a streaky grey ground. It is 5 inches long and 6.75 high.

A haircut that refuses every attempt at tidiness.