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Illustration of Noh Dance Scene

Okumura Masanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a scene with two men. The man on the left has long black hair and wears a red kimono with a white and brown patterned top. He stands on a red platform with a blue base, adorned with gold flecks, and faces right, partially obscured by a green curtain with a floral border at the top. The man on the right kneels, facing left, with a white headband and a colorful kimono. He holds a sword in his left hand. The background is beige.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 472 px
Museum record:
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