Tsukioka Kogyo

Medium:: Woodblock print
Source:: ukiyo-e.org

Typical Price

Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.

Common examples: $100–$500
Good impressions: $500–$2,000
Premium/scarce: $2,000–$10,000

Description

Titled with a reference to Tsukioka Kogyo, the Meiji-era artist celebrated for his Noh theater prints, this woodblock print by Arai Shori may depict a Noh-related subject or was cataloged alongside Kogyo's work at the Art Institute of Chicago. Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927) produced the definitive series of Noh performance prints, and his name appearing in connection with Shori's work suggests either a shared subject or a collection context in which the two artists' prints were grouped. Shori's engagement with theatrical or literary subjects, if that is the case here, would connect the artist to a rich vein of Japanese printmaking that has documented the performing arts for over three centuries.