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Subject:Pair of Japanese Pigment on Paper Artworks * Origin, Dating, Translation
Posted By: I.Nagy Mon, Oct 26, 2020
Noh play woodblock prints, depicting scenes from Noh theater, published in the 1950s. The name of artist;
Terada Akitoyo
Pic.1,
草紙洗 - Soshiarai
This Noh drama evolves around a poetry contest with Ono-no-Komachi in the Heian period.
Pic.2,
鞍馬天狗 - Kuramatengu
The Noh play Kuramatengu features an interpreation of the legend about Sōjōbō and Yoshitsune.
Seal,
秋豊 - Akitoyo
Terada Akitoyo 寺田秋豊
We do not know much about him. He made prints with scenes from the Noh theater in the 1950s, which were published by Uchida.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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