Tsuen, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)"
- Date:
- 1927 (Published)
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A single standing figure in Noh/Kyōgen costume—a slate-blue outer robe over a pale checked kimono—faces left, holding a long-handled ladle in one hand and a small round bowl in the other, with a bundle slung across his back. He wears a dark, dotted peaked cap and pale yellow tabi/footwear, set against a muted grey-tan background with two pine trunks and clustered needles at the upper right. The palette is subdued (indigo-grey, cream, soft ochre), with the artist's seal in red at the lower right and title cartouche at the upper left; the print is Tsukioka Kōgyo's "Tsuen," from the series "Fifty Kyōgen Plays (Kyōgen gojūban)," 1922, color woodblock.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tsuen, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)" was created by Tsukioka Kōgyo (月岡耕漁) in 1927 (Published).
Tsuen, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)" depicts theater.