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C1897
Tsuchi Guruma (The wheelbarrow)
Artist:
Tsukioka Kogyo (1869 - 1920)
Scene from the series, Nogaku zue (Pictures of Noh theatre). Beside himself with grief at the death of his wife, Fukakusa no Shosho abandons his son and goes off to become a priest. One of his retainers, Kojiro, becomes distracted by … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Tsuchi Guruma (The wheelbarrow)
Date:
C1897
Artist:
Tsukioka Kogyo (1869 - 1920)
Condition:
A little spotting on the left hand side of boy in the sled, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Woodblock.
Image Size:
330mm
x 225mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1897
Description:
Scene from the series, Nogaku zue (Pictures of Noh theatre).
Beside himself with grief at the death of his wife, Fukakusa no Shosho abandons his son and goes off to become a priest. One of his retainers, Kojiro, becomes distracted by the worry and responsibility which devolves upon him, takes the son in search of his father by dragging him from place to place in a barrow. One day, they come to the Zenko-ji and there, by a happy chance, are reunited with Fukakusa.
From the play Tsuchi-Guruma by the playwright Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443).
Biography:
Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927)
Although Kogyo was born the year after the beginning of the Meiji restoration, which brought Japan into the modern Western world, he was to become famous for his depiction of scenes from the traditional Japanese theatre Noh. A talented and prolific artist he was to created over 550 prints of Noh plays.
At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to the great woodblock artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), who had married his mother. Yoshitoshi, had a ‘lifelong fascination with Noh’ and influenced his apprentice to appreciate all aspects of Noh perfomances. After Yoshitoshi’s death, he went on to study with the painter and woodblock artist Ogata Gekko (1859-1920) whose more modern style Kogyo was to adapt for his woodblocks.
