Archival Note Card | Noh Drama | #21

A bamboo frame holds a miniature stage while seated men look out from the dark.

This is a noh drama archival note card. It is paper. Fans, swords, robes and headdresses carry much of the meaning in Noh, where a single carefully held prop can stand in for a whole action. At right, a lattice frame of slender poles holds hanging objects and a lone costumed figure, while three dark-clad men sit and watch at left. The color is subdued grey-brown. A small red seal marks the lower right. It is 5 inches long and 6.75 high.

The audience seems more serious than the show.