Kōgyo

Kōgyo

Japanese Theatre Woodblock Prints

This exhibition was curated by Annemarie Sawkins, Ph.D., and Martha Chaiklin, Ph.D., and generously loaned from the collection of Jan Serr and John Shannon.

Featuring over 50 Japanese color woodblock prints and several masks, this exhibition explores the art of woodblock prints and the history, stories, and costumes of Japanese Noh theater at the turn of the 20th century. Artist Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869–1927) came of age in the Meji era (1868–1912), a period of modernization when Japan was opened to world trade after more than two hundred years of relative isolation. Kōgyo specialized in depictions of Noh Theater, a classical art form that until then had primarily been enjoyed by social elites. This changed at the end of the 19th century, however, when Noh Theater expanded in popularity and was embraced by the middle class. Kōgyo’s numerous paintings were translated into series of woodblock prints, including Pictures of Noh (1897–1902), One Hundred Noh Dramas (1922–1926), and Encyclopedia of Noh plays, (1925–1930).

Image: Tsukioka Kogyo, Okina, 1897. Woodblock print. Courtesy of Jan Serr and John Shannon.

This exhibition and accompanying programming are generously supported through a grant from the Toshiba International Foundation.

On view
From November 19, 2021 to
February 5, 2022
Time
From 9:00 am to
5:00 pm
Where
Masur Museum

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