DOI Heft:
No. 254 (June 1914)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0098
Studio- Talk
the rich legacy of the splendid art of the Momoyama
court. Therefore, it was not to be wondered at that a
petition was sent, though without the desired effect, to
the Government to provide means for purchasing the
whole collection of No masks and costumes that it
might be kept in its entirety in a national museum.
Indeed, there was a tragic silence on the two No stages
that stood looking into the temple halls where the
gorgeous brocade and expressive masks by ancient
masters lay scattered for sale. That glorious collection
of rich brocade has now been scattered all over tin-
world never to be brought together again — scattered
even like the crimson leaves of the maple of Arashiyama,
famous for its autumn tints, when the mighty blasts of
November "seize them and whirl them aloft and sprinkle
them " over the hills and the River katsura.
There were thirty sets of No masks, consisting of
one hundred and eighty-eight pieces, most ot which
were carved by master artists. Among the seven sets
of omote or nomen (the No masks) which have been
[IARUMA BV bokkb1
( One of the special treasures [A/ci-
Inttsii] of the Hongwanji Temple :
sold in the recent auction sale for
50,000yen = nearly £$000)
works of calligraphy, lacquer and bronze
ware, accessories for the tea ceremony
(cha-no-yu), masks and dresses lor the No
drama, a collection of netsuke. &c.
The Nishi Hongwanji has long been
famous for the possession of a most mag
nificent collection of masks, costumes and
other accessories of the No drama. In
splendour and completeness, as well as in
its historical interest, the collection was
hardly surpassed by any other in the world.
A substantial part of it has been handed
down from Taiko Hidevoshi, under whose
military supremacy the art of Japan "carp" bv makuyama okyo
flourished, embellishing its history with (A'ishi Hongivanji sale, 3700 yen)
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the rich legacy of the splendid art of the Momoyama
court. Therefore, it was not to be wondered at that a
petition was sent, though without the desired effect, to
the Government to provide means for purchasing the
whole collection of No masks and costumes that it
might be kept in its entirety in a national museum.
Indeed, there was a tragic silence on the two No stages
that stood looking into the temple halls where the
gorgeous brocade and expressive masks by ancient
masters lay scattered for sale. That glorious collection
of rich brocade has now been scattered all over tin-
world never to be brought together again — scattered
even like the crimson leaves of the maple of Arashiyama,
famous for its autumn tints, when the mighty blasts of
November "seize them and whirl them aloft and sprinkle
them " over the hills and the River katsura.
There were thirty sets of No masks, consisting of
one hundred and eighty-eight pieces, most ot which
were carved by master artists. Among the seven sets
of omote or nomen (the No masks) which have been
[IARUMA BV bokkb1
( One of the special treasures [A/ci-
Inttsii] of the Hongwanji Temple :
sold in the recent auction sale for
50,000yen = nearly £$000)
works of calligraphy, lacquer and bronze
ware, accessories for the tea ceremony
(cha-no-yu), masks and dresses lor the No
drama, a collection of netsuke. &c.
The Nishi Hongwanji has long been
famous for the possession of a most mag
nificent collection of masks, costumes and
other accessories of the No drama. In
splendour and completeness, as well as in
its historical interest, the collection was
hardly surpassed by any other in the world.
A substantial part of it has been handed
down from Taiko Hidevoshi, under whose
military supremacy the art of Japan "carp" bv makuyama okyo
flourished, embellishing its history with (A'ishi Hongivanji sale, 3700 yen)
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