Tsukioka Gyokusei

Tsukioka Gyokusei (1908-1994) was a Japanese painter and printmaker who carried forward the Tsukioka family legacy in woodblock art. She was the daughter of Tsukioka Kogyo and granddaughter by adoption of the great ukiyo-e master Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. After her father's death in 1927, Gyokusei completed his unfinished Fifty Kyogen Plays series, contributing 34 of the 50 designs. She went on to create her own acclaimed series of Noh theater prints published by Watanabe Shozaburo, establishing herself as a distinctive voice in shin-hanga.

Tsukioka Gyokusei was active from 1908 to 1994. They were associated with the Shin-hanga movement.

Tsukioka Gyokusei's work was shaped by the Shin-hanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Shin-hanga: ## What is Shin-hanga? Shin-hanga (新版画), literally "new prints," is the early twentieth-century revival of the collaborative Japanese woodblock workshop, organized between roughly 1915 and 1960 by the Tokyo publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885–1962) and a handful of competing houses.

Original prints by Tsukioka Gyokusei can be found in collections including Art Institute of Chicago, ukiyo-e.org.

Tsukioka Gyokusei was a significant shin-hanga artist who worked with major publishers including Watanabe. As a descendant of the great Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, he carried a distinguished artistic lineage. Most prints sell for $1,000–$5,000, with rare subjects reaching $7,000–$10,000. More common designs are available at $300–$1,000. His connection to the Tsukioka family name adds collector interest.