Tsukioka Kôgyo

1869–1927 · Ukiyo-e · 8 works

Tsukioka Kōgyo devoted much of his work to Noh theater, making paintings and prints of its performers and stories as Japanese society changed around him. His theater prints preserve attention to costume, posture, and the concentrated action of a performance. A single figure can occupy much of a sheet without needing an elaborate setting. Across a series, small differences in stance or the handling of a sleeve become worth comparing. These images offer an entrance to a theatrical tradition as well as to the art of the woodblock print.

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