Ukai, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
- Date:
- 1898/1903
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A single bearded man stands in three-quarter view against a dark, streaked charcoal-grey ground, wearing a blue kimono under a loose white outer robe and a fringed straw or grass waist skirt striped in yellow and blue, with white split-toe socks. He rests a long wooden pole over his right shoulder, from which hangs a white tasseled cord and a tuft of red material, and a small red seal and vertical black title inscription appear in the upper left. The muted, smoky palette and dim setting give the figure a solitary, nocturnal presence; Tsukioka Kōgyo, color woodblock print, 1893, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)," depicting Ukai.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ukai, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" was created by Tsukioka Kōgyo (月岡耕漁) in 1898/1903.
Ukai, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" depicts theater.