Dairokuten, from the series Pictures of Nô Plays, Part II, Section I (Nôgaku zue, kôhen, jô)

「能楽図絵」　後編、上　「第六天」

Tsukioka Kôgyo (Japanese, 1869–1927)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1899 (Meiji 32), September 10

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.2 × 37 cm (9 15/16 × 14 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1111

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), fig. 170

DescriptionMFA impressions: 53.2928.27, 2016.1111 (different dates)

Signed Kôgyo
耕漁

Marks Artist's seal: Kôgyo

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)