MASKS
(マスク)

                 
[Young Clown (Harlequin)] Osanaki Dōke (Arurukan) 
(幼き道化 （アルルカン）)

Print Date:  1948
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
 
 
 

                 
Masked (Ex-Libris)

Print Date:  1948
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Elias Martin

                   
Mask (マスク)
 
Print Date: 1956
Artist: Yoshida Hodaka (吉田穂高)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
 
 
 

                   
Mask (マスク)
 
Print Date: 1956
Artist: Yoshida Hodaka (吉田穂高)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art

            
[Mask (Tengu)]  Ganmen (Tengu)  (顔面(天狗))

Print Date: 1956
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

                   
[Two Masks] Futatsu no men (二つの面)

Print Date: 1960
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 10)

                   
[Masked Festival]

Print Date: 1960
Artist: Takeda Shinzaburô (竹田鎮三郎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

[Ouverture] Jokyoku (ー序曲)
 
Print Date: 1972 (ed. 40)
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Series: [Noh] Nô (能) 3
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 1]  Nô Shirîzu 1 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ１)
 
Print Date: 1972 (ed. 50) 2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 2]  Nô Shirîzu 2 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ2)
 
Print Date: 1972 (ed. 50)
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 3]  Nô Shirîzu 3 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ3)
 
Print Date: 1972 (ed. 50) 2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 4]  Nô Shirîzu 4 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ4)
 
Print Date: 1973 (ed. 72) 2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 5]  Nô Shirîzu 5 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 5)
 
Print Date: 1973 (ed. 65) 2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

               
Segawa Tomisaburō II (瀬川富三郎) as Yadorigi (やどり木)
? as ?
 
Play: Hana Ayame Bunroku Sôga (花菖蒲文禄曽我)
Performance Place: Miyako-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/1794
Print Title: Okame
Print Date: 1973 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ouchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art
 
Note: This design is based on a 1794 print by Tôshûsai Sharaku (東洲斎写楽). 
 
 
 
 

[Noh]  Nô (能)
 
Print Date: 1974 (ed. 100)
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 6]  Nô Shirîzu 6 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 6)
 
Print Date: 1974 (ed. 90) 2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 
 
 

[Noh Series 7]  Nô Shirîzu 7 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 7)
 
Print Date: 1974 (ed. 65)  2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 8]  Nô Shirîzu 8 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 8)
 
Print Date: 1974 (ed. 77) 3
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

               
? as ?
 
? as ?
 
? as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Title: [Aurora]
Print Date: 1974 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ouchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art
 
 
 
 

               
? as ?
 
? as ?
 
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Title: Kintaro
Print Date: 1974 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ouchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching with woodblock printed color
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art
 
 
 

[Noh- Forest] Nô - Mori (能ー森)
 
Print Date: 1975 (ed. 80)
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

            
"Furya" Saga Pref.

Print Date: 1975 (ed. 130)
Artist: Tanaka Masaaki (田中正秋)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

[Noh Aux Nuages] Nô - Kumo (能ー雲)
 
Print Date: 1976 (ed. 80)
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Dali] Nô - Dari (能ーﾀﾞﾘ)
 
Print Date: 1976 (ed. 90)
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 
 
 

[Noh Dans Le Cristallan] Hitomi no Naka no Nô 
(瞳の中の能)
 
Print Date: 1976 (ed. 80) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 9]  Nô Shirîzu 9 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 5)
 
Print Date: 1976 (ed. 80) 3
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Apres Carnaval (Large)] Utagenoato (Ô)
 
Print Date: 1980 (ed. 90)  3
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Paper Masks] Mibu Shimen (壬生紙面)

Date: 1980
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)

Noh Mask (Yellow)

Print Date: 1980 (ed. 60)
Artist: Kimura Kôsuke (木村光佑)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
 
 
   

               
 
Print Title: Love
Print Date: c. 1980 (ed. 60)
Artist: Ouchi Makoto (大内マコト)
Medium: etching
 
 
 
 

 [Evening] Yoru (夜)
 
Print Date: 1981 (ed. 90)  2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Yoshuku Dancing] Yoshuku Odori (予祝踊り)

Date: 01/1987 (ed. 40)
Artist: Itô Takumi (伊藤卓美)
Image courtesy of Galerie Shinkura

                 
[White Fox Fairies 2 - Flowers] Hana Mewarabe (花女童)

Date:  1981 (ed. 163)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock with mixed media
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                 
[White Fox Fairies 5 - Cherry] Sakura (桜)

Date:  1981 (ed. 163)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock with mixed media
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 
 
 
 
 

                 
[A Branch] Koeda (小枝)

Date:  1981
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock with mixed media
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Although Artelino dates this print to 1981, I can find no date on
this print.  A color variant was produced in 1990 under a slightly
different title (though no copies seem to actually bear a title.)
 
 

                 
[Portrait of Toneyama Kôjin (利根山光人)]

Print Date:  1981
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Image courtesy of the Floating World Gallery

[La Nuit Des Masques] Yoru no Kâmen-tachi (夜の仮面たち)
 
Print Date: 1982 (ed. 90)  4
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Serenite] Shizuka (静か)
 
Print Date: 1984 (ed. 90)  4
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 10]  Nô Shirîzu 10 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 10)
 
Print Date: 1984 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

                 
[Early Spring] Sôshun (早春)

Date:  1985 (ed. 976)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
[Mask] Men (面)

Print Date: 1985 (ed. 200)
Artist: Takasawa Keiichi (高沢圭一)
Image courtesy of Mike Peters

[Noh Series 11]  Nô Shirîzu 11 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 11)
 
Print Date: 1987 (ed. 90)
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
*Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 12]  Nô Shirîzu 12 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 12)
 
Print Date: 1987 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
*Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

                 
[Branch (II)] Koeda (II) (小枝 (II))
 
Date:  1987 (ed. 500)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock with mixed media
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

[Noh Series 13 - Lotus]  Nô Shirîzu 13 - Hasu (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 13 － 蓮)
 
Print Date: 1989 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
*Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Flame] Honô (炎)
 
Print Date: 1990 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Moonlight Shadow]   Tsukikage (月影)
 
Print Date: 1990 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 14 - Shell]  Nô Shirîzu 14 - Kai (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 14 ー 貝)
 
Print Date: 1990 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 15 - Water]  Nô Shirîzu 15 - Mizu (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 15 ー水)
 
Print Date: 1990 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 16- Tree]  Nô Shirîzu 16 - Ki (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 16 ー 樹)
 
Print Date: 1990 (ed. 90)  2
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

                 
[A Branch I-B] Koeda I-B (小枝 I-B)

Date:  1990 (ed. 500)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Medium: Woodblock with mixed media
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                 
[Noh Masks] Nômen (能面)

Print Date: 1992 (ed. 300)
Artist: Katô Hideaki (加藤英明)
Medium: Silkscreen
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

[Buying a Mask]

Print Date: 1992 (ed. 100)
Artist: Nomura Takaaki (野村たかあき)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

[Flowers at Night] Yoru No Hana (夜の花)
 
Print Date: 1993 (ed. 90)  4
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 17]  Nô Shirîzu 17 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 17)
 
Print Date: 1993 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 18]  Nô Shirîzu 18 (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 18)
 
Print Date: 1995 (ed. 90) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 19 - Bamboo]  Nô Shirîzu 19 - Take (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 19 - 竹 )
 
Print Date: 2000 (ed. 75) 
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Nirvana]
Nô - Nirubâna (能 ー ニルバーナ)
 
Print Date: 2005
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 75)
Image courtesy of
https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 20 - Flame] 
Nô Shirîzu 20 - Honō (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 20 - 炎 )
 
Print Date: 2005
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 75)
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

                 
[White Fox (Temptation)]
Shirogitsune (Yûwaku) (白狐 (誘惑))

Date:  2006 (ed. 350)
Artist: Okamoto Ryûsei (岡本流生)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

[Noh Series 21 - Sword] Nô Shirîzu 21 - Yaiba (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 21 - 刃)
 
Print Date: 2010
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 35)   2
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 22 - Okina-Fantasmagorie]
Nô Shirîzu 22 - Okina - Majutsu Gentô (能ｼﾘ ｰ ｽﾞ 21 - 翁 - 魔術幻燈)
 
Print Date: 2010
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 75)
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 23 - Butterfly and Sword] Nô Shirîzu 23 - Chô to ha (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 23 - 蝶と刃)
 
Print Date: 2011
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 35)  
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

[Noh Series 24 - Japanese Spacecraft]
Nô Shirîzu 24 - Hayabusa (能ｼﾘ ｰ ｽﾞ 24 - はやぶさ)
 
Print Date: 2011
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 35)
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 

 

[Noh Series 25 - Fudô Myôô] Nô Shirîzu 25 - Fudômyôô (能ｼﾘｰｽﾞ 25 - 不動明王)
 
Print Date: 2012
Artist: Iwaya Tôru (岩谷徹)
Medium: Mezzotint (ed. 35) 2 
Image courtesy of https://www.toruiwaya.com
 
 

 

                   
[Iron Maiden - Eddie ] Aian Meiden - Edi
(アイアン・メイデン - エディ)
[Eddie’s Beauty Revealed] Jigoku Tayû Jitsu wa Edi
(地獄太夫実ハ壊泥)

Print Date: 2016
Artist: Ishikawa Masumi (石川真澄)
Series: [Iron Maiden x Ukiyo-e Concept]
Aian Meidenu x Ukiyoe Konseputo  (アイアン・メイデン
x 浮世絵コンセプト)
*Image courtesy of the Ukiyo-e Project
 
Note: Eddie is the mascot for the English heavy metal band
Iron Maiden.
 
 
 
 

Noh Mask - Ko-omote (小面)
Ex Libris Tomas Ostermann
 
Play: ?
Print Date: 06/2019
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Medium: Mezzotint
Personal Collection

Note: The Ko-omote mask is worn by a Noh actor
portraying a teenage girl.
 
 
 
 

                 
Mask

Print Date: 2020 (ed. 15)
Artist: John Edwards
Medium: Etching and Aquatint
Image courtesy of The Ren Brown Collection

                 
Mask-Light

Print Date: 2020 (ed. 15)
Artist: John Edwards
Medium: Etching and Aquatint
Image courtesy of The Ren Brown Collection
  
 
 

Noh Mask - Hannya (般若)
Ex Libris Tomas Ostermann
 
Play: Hannya (般若)
Print Date: 02/2020
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Medium: Mezzotint
Personal Collection

Noh Mask - Okina (翁)
Ex Libris Tomas Ostermann
 
Play: Okina (翁)
Print Date: 02/2020
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Medium: Mezzotint
Personal Collection
 

                 
Jyûroku Chûjyô (十六中将)

Print Date: 2020 (ed. 28)
Artist: Yoshimatsu Jun'ichirô (吉松順一郎)
Medium: Silkscreen
Image courtesy of The Tolman Collection, Tokyo
  
 
 

Noh Mask - Tengu (天狗)
Ex Libris Tomas Ostermann
 
Print Date: 07/2021
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Medium: Mezzotint
Personal Collection