Title
Jōganden moon - Minamoto no Tsunemoto, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
December 1888
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Jōganden no tsuki - Minamoto no Tsunemoto
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- December 1888
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodblock; ōban
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated.
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 258.2012.67
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
The high-ranking 10th-century courtier Minamoto no Tsunemoto was known for his excellent skills as a poet and an archer. Standing with his back turned to the viewers, Tsunemoto is shown here executing one of his heroic acts. One autumn night in 932, as Emperor Shujaku was strolling in the garden in the Jōganden wing of the imperial palace in Kyoto, a demon taking the shape of a giant deer appeared on the roof and prepared to leap on the emperor. Tsunemoto, who was present, killed the beast with a single ‘turnip-headed’ arrow between the eyes.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Yoshitoshi: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2016–20 Nov 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Yuriko Iwakiri, Yoshitoshi Tsuki hyakushi (Yoshitoshi’s One hundred aspects of the moon), Tokyo, 2010. General reference; Another edition was reproduced
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John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi's One hundred aspects of the moon, Seattle, 1992, (colour illus.). cat.no.67; Another edition was reproduced
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Chris UHLENBECK, Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection, Leiden, 2011, 135-136. General reference; Another edition was reproduced
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