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Japanese print depicting characters in a scene from Noh theater, Tsukioka Kogyo * signed, vintage late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This print is in good condition. It is signed see photos. It is pasted on a sheet of paper.
A report: some tears on the stand, paper slightly yellowed and sharpness, well look at the pictures.
Tsukioka Kogyo * (1869-1927) was born under the name of Hanyu Sadanosuke Tokyo. At 15, his mother married Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, the famous engraver ukiyo-e and received from his father-his new name as well as the teachings of the engraving. Later Kygoyo became a student of another well-known artist, Ogata Gekko, and received his master a new name - Kogyo. The work of Tsukioka Kogyo represents the vast majority of scenes illustrating the Noh theater though he also made some works on the nature and drawings illustrating the Russo-Japanese War. This is the series of prints on the old traditional Japanese Noh theater, published by Matsuki Heikichi that made him famous.
Dimensions:
print 37.5 x 25 cm
stand approx. 65 cm x 50 cm
