Title
Kitayama moon - Toyohara Sumiaki, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
05 June 1886
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Kitayama no tsuki - Toyohara Sumiaki
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 05 June 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
- 258.2012.32
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
Toyohara Sumiaki was a music instructor and the epitome of an accomplished gentleman in the court of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (reigned 1500–25). Drawn out to the moors north of the palace by the moon, he faces a pack of wolves. Assuming he was about to die, he played his favourite tune on his flute. To his amazement, the music pacified the wolves and they returned to the woods.
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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.32; 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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