Title
In the moonlight under the trees a beautiful woman comes, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
19 March 1888
Artist
-
Details
- Alternative title
- getsumei rinka bijin majiru
- Place where the work was made
-
Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 19 March 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
- 258.2012.59
- Copyright
- Artist information
-
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
- Share
-
About
The lady dressed in elegant Chinese costume standing by a flowering plum tree in a perfect full moon night represents the Spirit of the Plum Tree. She is said to have appeared to the seventh-century Chinese poet Zhao Shixiong when he made a pilgrimage to Luofu in southern China to visit the plum trees there. Tired from his trip, Zhao fell asleep under a tree and a beautiful lady – the Spirit of the Plum Tree – appeared in his dreams. The incident inspired him to compose a poem.
-
Places
Where the work was made
Japan
-
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
-
Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
-
Yuriko Iwakiri, Yoshitoshi Tsuki hyakushi (Yoshitoshi’s One hundred aspects of the moon), Tokyo, 2010. General reference; Another edition was reproduced
-
John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi's One hundred aspects of the moon, Seattle, 1992, (colour illus.). cat.no.59; Another edition was reproduced
-
Chris UHLENBECK, Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection, Leiden, 2011, 135-136. General reference; Another edition was reproduced
-