Title
Mount Yoshino midnight-moon - Iga no Tsubone, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
January 1886
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Yoshinoyama yowa no tsuki - Iga no Tsubone
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- January 1886
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed and dated.
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 258.2012.15
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
The winged god in this design is Sasaki no Kiyotaka, who was a high official at the court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the 14th century. Forced to commit ritual suicide for ill-advising the emperor, Kiyotaka’s restless spirit returned to haunt the court in exile of Yoshino Mountain. No courtier dared to face the angry ghost, except for the determined court lady Iga no Tsubone. Kiyotaka’s blue lips follow the convention used for corpses.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Yoshitoshi: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Aug 2016–20 Nov 2016
Japan Supernatural, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 2019–08 Mar 2020
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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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Chris UHLENBECK, Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection, Leiden, 2011, 135-136. General reference; Another edition was reproduced
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Chris UHLENBECK, Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection, Leiden, 2011, (colour illus.). cat.no. 15; Another edition was reproduced
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