Jinen Koji, from the series A Great Mirror of Nô Pictures (Nôga taikan)

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Jinen Koji, from the series A Great Mirror of Nô Pictures (Nôga taikan)

能画大観　自然居士

Matsuno Sôfû (Japanese, 1899–1963)
For: Tsukioka Kôgyo (Japanese, 1869–1927)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1930 (Shôwa 5), January

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.4 x 36.8 cm (10 x 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Sue Cassidy Clark in honor of Sarah E. Thompson

Accession Number2011.1722

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe original artist, Tsukioka Kôgyô, died before the completion of the series, and so it was continued by his student Matsuno Sôfû. Out of 200 prints in the series (published in 5 albums of 40 prints each), 24 are by Sôfû.

Signed Sôfû
奏風

Marks Artist's seal: Sôfû

ProvenanceSeptember 2005, acquired online through Artelino Art Auctions, Icking, Germany, by Sue Cassidy Clark, New York; 2011, gift of Sue Cassidy Clark to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)