Please see photos for a sense of individual condition. Some have faint toning or slight soiling. Most prints have a couple wormholes or small holes, mostly near edges, repaired, blends well. Image Size - 8 7/8" x 13 1/8" + margins as shownĬondition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. These fantastic Kogyo prints are a great choice to collect or display, either singly or in groups. Their spare, almost Zen design, is quintessentially Japanese. Bunraku puppet theater is a form of Japanese puppetry that uses life-sized puppets and a chorus to tell stories. Read more10 Essential Japanese Phrases For Cultural Immersion. Many of these striking prints include deluxe embellishments, such as shimmering mica, embossed textures, and soft shading. In his debut, the psychological drama I Stand Alone (1998), he pauses the film to warn viewers, with a flashing title card, that they have 30 seconds to leave the cinema before he unleashes its. Noh drama, on the other hand, is a form of classical Japanese theater that uses a minimalist approach, with actors wearing masks to convey emotion. His incredible attention to detail beautifully captures the sumptuous costume fabrics, hand-carved masks, and intricately crafted props. Kogyo's Pictures of Noh Plays - This fantastic Kogyo print is from one of his most important series, "Pictures of Noh Plays." This wonderful series includes more than one hundred designs, beautifully drawn with fine detail in the fabrics and facial expressions, faithfully bringing these memorable Noh performances to life. Kogyo's prints feature the participants in their beautiful costumes set against the natural color of the paper. His design style was perfect for the Noh theater with its spare stage sets and lavish costumes. Yoshitoshi was a fan of the Noh theater and through this connection, and chance, Kogyo began to design Noh theater prints. The Noh theater in Japan is a more cultured theater style than kabuki. His mother married the famous ukiyo-e printmaker Yoshitoshi and it was under Yoshitoshi’s influence that he became interested in woodblock print making and the Noh theater. The mouth gapes open to reveal fangs and the teeth are painted gold with details in black ink.Kogyo and the Noh Theater - Kogyo was born in Tokyo in 1869 and spent his life in the capital. The wrinkles are accentuated by a deeper red colour, and the lips are painted a similar deep red. The mask is carved from a block of cypress painted red over a gesso-like surface with details of the hair, eyebrows and moustaches being finely executed in black ink. The powerful character is revealed through the gilded metal plates over the eyes which glare out from under knitted brows which meet to form a large fold at the top of the nose. Lastly, a special performance of Tsuchigumo (‘The Ground Spider’), a Noh drama about a precious sword passed down within the Genji clan will be performed. The Shikami mask is used in Noh plays such as Rashomon (The Rasho Gate), Tsuchigumo (The Earth Spider) and Momijigari (Autumn Foliage Viewing) to represent an evil demon whose eventual defeat ends in celebration. By the early seventeenth century Noh had become an even more austere and formalised drama reserved almost exclusively for the military elite. Under Yoshimitsu the Zen principles of restraint, understatement, economy of movement and frugality of expression became incorporated into the performance. Noh is the classical theatre of Japan which was codified in the 14th century by the father and son actors Kan'ami and Zeami under the patronage of the Shogun (supreme military leader) Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
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