Tsukioka Kôgyo (1869-1927)
A scene from the Nô play „Sumiyoshi môde“ (The Pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi)
Title: Sumiyoshi môde
Series: Nôgaku hyakuban (One Hundred Nô Plays)
Signature: Kôgyo
Seal: Kôgyo
Publisher: Daikokuya (Matsuki Heikichi)
Date: 1924
Size: Oban Diptych, 38 x 50 cm
Excellent print and colours, with metal pigments. Paper only a tiny bit toned, at the upper corner a small crease, altogether very good condition.
Cp.: Robert Schaap/J. Thomas Rimer, The Beauty of Silence. Leiden/Boston 2010, P. 181, No. 98/99
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