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Noh

Poster
1981 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is one of a series of posters designed in 1981 by twelve top Japanese graphic design artists under the curation of the art and design critic Masaru Katsumi. They commemorated a series of lectures, masterclasses and performances relating to five types of traditional Japanese theatre, dance and music. Performers calling themselves the Classical Performing Arts Friendship Mission of Japan spent five weeks performing on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, and across the country as part of the UCLA Asian Performing Arts Institute.

Noh is the major form of Japanese classical musical drama that developed in the 14th century and is still performed today.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNoh (published title)
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Brief description
Tour poster advertising Noh theatre at UCLA, Washington and New York, 1981. Offset litho designed by Kiyoshi Awazu, printed by Toppan printing, 1981
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 103.1cm
  • Poster width: 72.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
Object history
Associated Production: Noh. Sponsor: University of California at Los Angeles Performing Arts Institute. 1981. Performance category: Asian performing arts. Production type: tour.
Summary
This is one of a series of posters designed in 1981 by twelve top Japanese graphic design artists under the curation of the art and design critic Masaru Katsumi. They commemorated a series of lectures, masterclasses and performances relating to five types of traditional Japanese theatre, dance and music. Performers calling themselves the Classical Performing Arts Friendship Mission of Japan spent five weeks performing on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, and across the country as part of the UCLA Asian Performing Arts Institute.

Noh is the major form of Japanese classical musical drama that developed in the 14th century and is still performed today.

Collection
Accession number
S.6-1982

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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