Title
The moon of Yamaki mansion - Kagekado, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
March 1886
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Yamaki yakata no tsuki - Kagekado
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- March 1886
- 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
- 258.2012.27
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
Kato Kagekado was a retainer of the famed warlord Minamoto Yoritomo, who later founded Japan’s first military government, the Kamakura 'bakufu' of the 12th century. It was on a full moon that Yoritomo sent men to attack the Yamaki mansion, home of the Taira clan. The Minamoto clan were enemies of the Taira, whose leader was Kanetaka. Here, Kagekado is forging his way into the mansion. With his helmet at the end of a spear, he lunges at a shadow made by the light of the moon. The shadowed figure is Kanetaka who loses his balance and eventually has his head cut off as victory to Yoritomo.
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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
Outlaw, Art Gallery of New South Wales, North Building, Sydney, 03 Dec 2022–06 Jun 2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Christopher Allen pgs. 10-11, The Weekend Australian, 'Moonlit moments', Australia, 15 Oct 2016-16 Oct 2016, 11 (colour illus.). 'Review' section
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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. 27; 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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