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能楽画譜 第2集

能画刊行会 編 · 1920 · 能画刊行会 · 9 pictures

A 1920 Japanese picture book, Nōgaku Gafu volume 2, compiled and published by the Nō Picture Publishing Society for an audience interested in noh theatre. Its pictures are monochrome ink-line drawings of noh performers in costume, with flat patterned robes, dramatic poses and sparse backgrounds, offering a designer strong examples of bold textile patterns and simplified figure silhouettes.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library