Kanaoka 金岡 | Digital Pitt

February 10, 1899

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Title
Kanaoka 金岡
Creator
Tsukioka, Kōgyo, 1869-1927
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
February 10, 1899
Identifier
20091209-kogyo-0325
Description
Kanaoka, a famous painter, falls in love with a pretty young maiden. His wife tells him that she could be equally pretty if an artist such as Kanaoka painted her face to be beautiful. He paints a large red dot on each of her cheeks and says that no matter how much you paint it, a crow is still a crow. Mizuta Number: 150. Signature: 耕漁 [Kōgyo]. Seal: White letter seal in a rectangular shape with double border: 湖畔 [Kohan]. Category: Kyōgen (woman play).
Extent
243 x 363 mm.
Publisher
Tokyo: Daikokuya [Matsuki Heikichi]
Type
still image
Genre
prints (visual works)
color prints (prints)
woodcuts (prints)
color woodcuts (prints)
nishiki-e
Subject
Kyōgen
Source
Nōgaku zue 能樂圖繪
Collection
Kōgyo: The Art of Noh
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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