Seio-bo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Approx: 37.8 × 25.6 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
154624
Art Historical Context
**Seio-bo, from series "One Hundred Noamas (Nogaku hyuban)"** Tsukioka Kôgyo (1869–1927), a master of Japanese woodblock printing in the ukiyo-e tradition, this striking color woodblock print around 1898–1903. Part of his ambitious series *Nogaku hyakuban*, which visually documents one hundred classic Noh dramas, *Seio-bo* captures pivotal scene from the play featuring the character Seio-bo, a warrior monk. Measuring about 37.8 × 25.6 cm, this intimate format was ideal for collectors and theater enthusiasts during Japan's Meiji era (1868–1912), a time of rapid modernization when traditional a...
About the Artist
Tsukioka Kôgyo · 1869–1927
Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869–1927), born Hanyū Bennosuke in Tokyo's bustling Nihonbashi district as the second son of an innkeeper family, navigated a path from humble origins to mastery in Japanese printmaking. After his father's early death, he was raised by his mother's Sakamaki family and apprenticed in pottery painting under his uncle, a ceramics exporter in Yokohama. He briefly attended the Tokyo Sc...