Tamanoi – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Tamanoi. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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*Tamanoi* belongs to the series *Utai bangumi*, or "singing performances," which paired prints with the chanted texts of Nō, the court-derived theater of masked dance and song. The sheet is a shikishiban nishikie surimono, a small color woodcut usually commissioned for private circles rather than sold in shops, which let printers use finer pigments, shaded gradations, and other refinements. Dated 1820, it reflects the late Edo period, when Nō was studied by townspeople as well as samurai, and amateur chanting groups often exchanged prints like this one as keepsakes.
| Created / published | 1820 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 21.1 x 17.7 cm. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikishiban Nishikie Surimono. From the series: Utai bangumi : A singing performance. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 23, p. 51. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Nō--Japan--1820. Dance--Japan--1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,555 × 4,419 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221889 |
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