Need Help To Identify Old Woodblock Print

[chadkeath]

Hi I am hoping somebody on this board may be able to help identify this old woodblock print. It is of a Geisha it is signed on left side and then another on the right. Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

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[noowbie]

It's Japanese. I can't read the whole thing, but the year is Showa 12 corresponding to 1937. I misread it earlier today.

 

[noowbie]

Upon further examination, I don't think it's a geisha, but a noh theater actress. Noh is masked theater in Japan.

1. [h=2]Noh - Wikipedia[/h]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh
   Noh (能?, Nō), or Nogaku (能楽?, Nōgaku) —derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent"—is a major form of classical Japanese ...
   
   

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

Yes, it is a Noh performer and the date of 1937 is correct. It’s titled “[Woman] from Scenes from Noh Plays, Series II” and by the Japanese artist Tukioka, Gyokusei (1908-1994).

Here it is on the website of the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, but pictured in low-resolution greyscale, although it’s a colour woodcut:

https://www.momat.go.jp/en/collection/m00125-001