Unknown Artist

Taisho / Showa period 20th century

1926-1989

Scroll Painting

An ink and coloured painting on paper bordered in silk mounts and lacquered ceramic jikusaki (scroll ends). The painting depicts Hagoromo “The Feather Mantle”, one of the most preformed Noh plays.

The story tells of a fisherman coming across the Hagoromo, the feather mantle of a spirit dancer. The spirit sees the fisherman taking the mantle and demands he return it. The fisherman agrees but only if he may see the spirit’s dance. The spirit agrees and preforms the dance representing the changes of the moon after the dance the spirit disappears.

Size 620mm x 1380mm

Red Seal unknown artist