Title
The full moon/ coming with a challenge/ to flaunt its beautiful brow - Fukami Jikyū, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
23 June 1887
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- meigetsu ya/ kite miyo
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 23 June 1887
- 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
- 258.2012.55
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
Dressed in a black kimono with bold, colourful sunflower patterns, and striking a proud pose as if challenging the moon above, Fukami Jikyū is the epitome of the folk heroes known as 'otokodate'. Formerly low-ranking samurai, who lost their employment during the peaceful Edo period, 'otokodate' were courageous, chivalrous men who protected the rights of the urban townspeople against attacks by street-gangs and harassments by idle samurai. 'Otokodate' were below the law and made a living from the proceeds from gambling, but nevertheless they enjoyed widespread support from townspeople.
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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.55; 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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