Title
By now you must be near Komakata, a cuckoo calls - Takao, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
October 1885
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Kimi wa ima/ Komakata Atari/ hototogisu - Takao
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- October 1885
- 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
- 258.2012.1
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
Between the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, there were no less than eleven famous courtesans in the pleasure quarters of Edo known under the name ‘Takao’. This print may depict the sixth Takao, who was celebrated for her literary skills. Hearing the lonely call of the cuckoo in the early morning, Takao imagines her lover’s boat landing at Komakata on his way back to the city after having visited her the previous night. The two accompanying poems pick up the theme of Takao’s verse and read as follows:
A hundred grasses, longing for the summer dawn (by Tare of the Kitazato pleasure house)
By the bamboo window sewing a sleeveless robe (by Keikaen). -
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. 1; 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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