Scene from the Noh Play 'Takasago', Meiji period (1868–1912), ca. 1910, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (36.8 x 50.5 cm), Prints, Tsukioka Kōgyo (Japanese, 1869–1927), In the Noh play Takasago, a traveler meets an old man and an old woman raking and sweeping around an ancient pine; only later are they revealed as divine beings. Their apparent devotion to each other accounts for the traditional reference to a passage from the play during wedding festivities in Japan
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Scene, Noh Play, Takasago, Meiji period, 1868–1912, ca, 1910, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 14 1/2 x 19 7/8, 36.8 50.5 cm, Prints, Tsukioka Kōgyo, Japanese, 1869–1927, play Takasago, traveler meets, old man woman, raking, sweeping, ancient pine, later, revealed, divine beings, apparent devotion, accounts, traditional reference, passage, play, wedding festivities
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