Matsukaze from the series One Hundred Prints of Noh

Object Details

Label

This print from the 1920s displays one of the final moments of the play Matsukaze, focusing solely on the eponymous character. The faint greenish blue surrounding her seems to createan aura of unquelled longing. In the last part of the play, Matsukaze is so consumed with this longing, she loses her mind and begins to mistake a pine tree for her lost lover, Yukihira. She is so devoured by her passion that even a monk’s fervent prayers can no longer help her. The play ends with both Matsukaze and her sister, Murasame, vanishing. Only the wind can be heard in the pines.

Provenance

To ?

David Wallace, Washington, DC [1]

To 1971

Embassy of Japan, Washington DC, gift of David Wallace, Washington, DC [2]

From 1971

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC [3]

Notes:

[1] The Embassy of Japan received a gift from David Wallace of Washington, DC at an unknown date. In 1971, the Embassy of Japan gave print to the Study Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art. See letter dated February 11, 1971 from the Freer Gallery to Mr. David Wallace, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1.

Collection

Freer Study Collection

Exhibition History

Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints (March 23 to October 6, 2024)

Previous custodian or owner

David Wallace

Embassy of Japan

Credit Line

Gift of the Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.

Data Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Date

ca. 1922-1925

Period

Taisho era

Accession Number

FSC-GR-425

Artist

Tsukioka Kogyo 月岡耕漁 (1869-1927)

Publisher

Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Print

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H x W (sheet and image): 37.8 x 25.7 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in)

Origin

Japan

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Topic

Taisho era (1912 - 1926)

theater

Noh

Japan

actor

Japanese Art

Record ID

fsg_FSC-GR-425

Usage

Usage conditions apply

GUID

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38cd1db1f-90bb-4610-931d-fcfe2a8a30da