TotalCount
- Date:
- 1987
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
TotalCount (1987) is an enigmatically titled woodblock print that departs from Kokei's usual practice of identifying kabuki actors and their roles. The title may reference an enumeration — perhaps a count of prints produced, performances attended, or roles documented — or it may function as an abstract concept applied to visual form. Within Kokei's otherwise systematic catalog of kabuki portraiture, occasional works with non-theatrical titles suggest a parallel creative impulse, moments when the artist steps away from the stage to explore other subjects or formal ideas using the same woodblock technique he applies to actor prints.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
TotalCount was created by Tsuruya Kokei (弦屋光溪) in 1987.
TotalCount depicts kabuki and portraits.