Condition: Good condition for its age – please see photos, the frame has been bumped over the years. We have a few of these listed. Produced a set of around 200 woodblock printsb in 1898 all based on scenes from Japanese Noh Plays. The script in the right hand margin describes teh scene, while the left hand margin shows the publication details. Each print shows his name and seal. (April 18, 1869 – February 25, 1927) was a Japanese artist of the Meiji period. He was a student and adopted son of. And also studied with. Although Kogyo sometimes painted other subjects, for most of his career he made pictures of Japanese. Theatre, either as large-scale paintings or colored woodblock prints. Please note that many of our items are antique or reworked and therefore will likely have slight imperfections or signs of age. We will mention and photograph any that are notable.