能楽画譜 第1集
This is a 1920 Japanese picture book of Noh theatre plates, published in Tokyo by the Nōga Kankōkai, a society issuing illustrated Noh albums for readers interested in the classical stage. The pictures are black-and-white reproductions of stylised actors in costume, with ink-wash backgrounds of pine and bamboo; a designer could take their bold graphic silhouettes, patterned robes and sparse landscape settings as models for minimal monochrome layouts.
