Noh Scene: Takasago, 1920s
Kamisaka Sekkaexpand_more
Ink and color on silkexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more 2013.29.63
Not on Viewexpand_more
An old folk tale adapted into a popular Noh play, the Takasago story tells of two ancient pines, one in Takasago and the other in Sumiyoshi, personified by an old couple. A Shinto priest runs across the pair and learns that each night the old man in Sumiyoshi visits his wife in Takasago, despite the great distance, in a show of fidelity. Here, Sekka poses the old couple beneath a stylized pine tree, rendered using the tarashikomi technique, in which a second layer of ink is applied before the first has dried, creating a puddled look.
Details
- Title
- Noh Scene: Takasago
- Artist Life
- 1866 - 1942
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.63
- Curator Approved
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