Title
Rising moon over Mount Nanping - Cao Cao, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
October 1885
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Nanpeizan shōgetsu - Sōsō
- 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
- 258.2012.3
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
Cao Cao (Sōsō in Japanese), a forceful, but ruthless military lord described in the semi-historical ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’, is shown here standing in a small boat overlooking the Yangzi River. In the distance, two crows – messengers of good news – fly away from him towards the full moon over Mount Nanping. This print illustrates the episode in which Cao Cao disregarded the bad omen and the advice of one of his generals for caution. He gave orders for the battle at the Red Cliffs in which he was ultimately defeated.
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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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P. Townsend and J Wendler (Editors), Art Monthly (U.K.), London, Jun 1993. 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. 3; 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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