HISHIKAWA RYUKOKU (fl. 1801-17)*

PARODY OF THE NOH PLAY TAKASAGO EDO PERIOD, CA. 1801-17

Details

HISHIKAWA RYUKOKU (fl. 1801-17)*
Parody of the noh play Takasago
Edo period, ca. 1801-17
Signed Hishikawa Ryukoku hitsu, sealed Ryukoku
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
40.7/8 x 15.5/8in. (103.8 x 40.4cm.)

Exhibited

"Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art," shown at the following venues:
Sendai City Museum, Sendai, 1988.6.11--7.17
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 1988.9.6.--10.9
Sogo Museum, Yokohama, 1988.10.20--11.13

Lot Essay

published:
Azabu Museum of Art and Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, eds., Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e meihin ten: Azabu bijutsukan shozo/Ukiyo-e Painting Masterpieces in the Collection of the Azabu Museum of Art, introduction by Kobayashi Tadashi, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Azabu Museum of Art; Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1988), pl. 50.

Japan Ukiyo-e Society, ed. Ukiyo-e geijutsu/Ukiyo-e Art 103 (April 1992), title page illustr.

Kobayashi Tadashi, ed., Azabu bijutsu kogeikan (Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts), vol. 6 of Nikuhitsu Ukiyo-e taikan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1995), pl. 47.