Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Okina is not a play, but a collective title for a performance of three dances that came to be incorporated into the repertory of the No theater. Individually the three dances are known by the names of the characters who dance them, Okina, Senzai, and Sambaso. Originating in ancient folk beliefs and prayers for a bountiful harvest, the dances came to be performed at special No programs, especially celebrating the New Year, the opening of a new theater, or the birthday of a revered actor. Okina wears the bearded white mask of a venerable old man. His dance is measured and stately with symbolic movements, including the slow folding and unfolding of his fan and furling and unfurling of his kimono sleeves.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1876
label
Nogaku zue
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1876
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nogaku zue
description
Okina is not a play, but a collective title for a performance of three dances that came to be incorporated into the repertory of the No theater. Individually the three dances are known by the names of the characters who dance them, Okina, Senzai, and Sambaso. Originating in ancient folk beliefs and prayers for a bountiful harvest, the dances came to be performed at special No programs, especially celebrating the New Year, the opening of a new theater, or the birthday of a revered actor. Okina wears the bearded white mask of a venerable old man. His dance is measured and stately with symbolic movements, including the slow folding and unfolding of his fan and furling and unfurling of his kimono sleeves.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., Maryland Line [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by gift.
date
1898 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25
height
37.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 13/16 x W: 14 5/8 in. (25 x 37.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Kogyo
RelatedObjects
1885
med
pigments on mulberry paper
creator_ids
14996
6252
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d233e457e01047cb