Archival Note Card | Noh Drama | #17

A figure in a navy cloak with white birds trails long hair and red skirts.

This noh drama archival note card. 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 tall figure in a dark blue cape scattered with small white motifs wears bright red trousers and carries long black hair down the back. A small framed bare-branch picture sits at upper right. The ground is a pale yellow cream. It is 5 inches long and 6.75 high.

Red against navy is a very confident choice.