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Tsukioka Kôgyo was a woodblock print artist of the [[Meiji period]], known especially for his multiple series depicting characters and scenes from the [[Noh]] theatre.

Tsukioka Kôgyo was a woodblock print artist of the [[Meiji period]], known especially for his multiple series depicting characters and scenes from the [[Noh]] theatre.

His largest Noh series is known as ''Nôgaku zue'' ("Pictures of Noh"). Published in Tokyo in [[1897]]-[[1902]], it consists of images representing 261 plays from the Noh repertoire, bound into five ''[[bookbinding|orihon]]'' (accordion book) albums. He later produced three other such series: ''Kyôgen gojûban'', fifty images from the ''[[kyogen|kyôgen]]'' theatre, bound into a single volume; a second five-volume set of Noh images entitled ''Nô taikan''; and a final set of one hundred images called ''Nô hyakuban''.

His interest in Noh is said to have been inspired in Kôgyo by his stepfather and teacher, the ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]].

 

Kôgyo's largest Noh series is known as ''Nôgaku zue'' ("Pictures of Noh"). Published in Tokyo in [[1897]]-[[1902]], it consists of images representing 261 plays from the Noh repertoire, bound into five ''[[bookbinding|orihon]]'' (accordion book) albums. He later produced three other such series: ''Kyôgen gojûban'', fifty images from the ''[[kyogen|kyôgen]]'' theatre, bound into a single volume; a second five-volume set of Noh images entitled ''Nô taikan''; and a final set of one hundred images called ''Nô hyakuban'', published in 1926, one year before his death. These are said to have played a key role both in the survival, or revival, of Noh in the early 20th century, when it was challenged by many new forms of performance and entertainment, as well as having a significant impact on how Noh is depicted or represented today.

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==References==

==References==

*"[http://digital.library.pitt.edu/k/kogyo/ Tsukioka Kôgyo: The Art of Noh 1869-1927]," University of Pittsburgh, 2011.

*"[http://digital.library.pitt.edu/k/kogyo/ Tsukioka Kôgyo: The Art of Noh 1869-1927]," University of Pittsburgh, 2011.

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]

[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]

[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]