Yokihi

Yokihi  is an original print realized by Tsukioka Kôgyo   in   1923.

Mixed c olor woodblock print . This print is  from the series One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban) ,   printed by Matsuki Heikichi (seal on the lower right).

Signed  Kogyo (Japanese character) on the lower right, where  there is also Kogyo's red seal referring to: no. 13, p. 170, in The Beauty of Silence: No and Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927), Robert Schaap & J. Thomas Rimer, Hotei Publishing, 2010.

Good conditions, except for very light stains along the margins.

Includes a passepartout: 49.6 x 39.5 cm.

This precious print represents  Yokihi , the main character of the namesake play written by Komparu Zenchiku (1405-1470?), in which the Chinese emperor Gensho, of the Tang dynasty, grieves over his favorite mistress Yohiki. The beautiful woman wears a precious red kimono decorated with floral patterns and gilded and silver inserts.

Kogyo Tsukioka (Tokyo, 1869-1927) was the adopted son of the famed ukiyo-e artist Yoshitoshi. He studied both painting and woodblock printing with him. He then studied with Gekko. Kogyo is well-known for his images of the Noh theatre, a traditional aristocratic form of Japanese performing arts. Unlike most classical ukiyo-e prints, his works present much gold and silver for the Noh costumes embellishments. These prints often required very skilled engravers and printers to be produced.

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