Tsuruya Kōkei: Modern Kabuki Prints Revised & Revisited (working title)

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of this contemporary artist’s first solo show, it displays 77 prints by this artist widely celebrated as one of Japan’s leading contemporary print artists.

Known for his bold, even disturbing, portraits of Japan’s leading actors in a dynamic theatrical form, Kōkei responds to the idiosyncratic late-18th century kabuki prints by the great Sharaku. The exhibition presents all of Kōkei’s actor prints from 1984-1993.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.