"Nōga taikan" 能画大鑑 (Great Mirror of Paintings of No...

ōga Taikan (A Great Mirror of Noh Pictures) Tsukioka Kōgyo Magnificent rare complete edition with 200 original woodblock prints. The 3rd and last of the major series of Noh prints by Tsukioka Kōgyo (about 20 prints are made by his student Matsuno Sōfū, because Kōgyo died before finishing the set). Each print is a full page depicting a scene of a Noh-play, with a semi-transparant full page sheet before it stating the play title and synopsis. Publisher Seibi Shoin Tokyo Showa 11 (1936) Book in folding cover. Condition: Good, please view photos. 40x26x5 cm 3.600 gr A recent publication on Kōgyo: Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints https://www.amazon.nl/Staging-Supernatural-Ghosts-Theater-Japanese/dp/1588347206 and : The Beauty of Silence: Japanese No & Nature Prints by Tsukioka Kogyo 1869-1927 https://www.amazon.fr/Beauty-Silence-Japanese-Tsukioka-1869-1927/dp/9004193855 Japanese theater No Bunraku Kabuki Gagaku Bugaku Kagura Japo

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