Toei 藤永 - Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927) - Japan

Toei 藤永 from the series of Nōga taikan (Encyclopedia of Noh Plays), created by Tsukioka Kogyo.

Noh play: Toei 藤永
Publisher: Seibi shoin
Publication year: 1936

Condition: Good
37x25 cm

Tsukioka Kogyo(1869-1927) was an artist of Ukiyo-e and Japanese painting in the period of Meiji. He inherited the surname of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), who remarried his mother and who was also his master of Ukiyo-e. He also studied under Gekko Ogata and Fuko Matsumoto. He is known for many works related to Noh plays. His works are elegant and luxurious in style using gold and silver paint on high-quality Japanese paper. He also excelled in hand-painted portraits and bird-and-flower paintings. ‘Nōga taikan’, is the third of his three significant series of Nō theater prints which express the profound beauty of Nō theatre. The set consists of 200 prints.