Scene from the Noh Play 'Takasago', Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1910, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (36. 8 x 50. 5 cm), Prints, Tsukioka Kōgyo (Japanese, 1869?1927), In the Noh play Takasago, a traveler meets an old man and an old woman raking and sweeping around an ancient pine; only later are they revealed as divine beings. Their apparent devotion to each other accounts for the traditional reference to a passage from the play during wedding festivities in Japan