Title
An iron cauldron and the moon at night - Kofuna no Gengo and Kōshi Hanzō, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
01 February 1886
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- tsukiyo no kama - Kofuna no Gengo and Kōshi Hanzō
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 01 February 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
- 258.2012.18
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
Kofuna no Gengo and Kōshi Hanzō are two small-time, not-very-smart crooks, who plot to steal an enormous iron cauldron on a full moon night. As the pot is huge and heavy, they plan to break it into pieces with a mallet and a handsaw. The exaggerated long limbs and physiognomies of the two figures are reminiscent of the caricature sketches – 'manga' – by the noted woodblock print master Katsushika Hokusai. They also continue an illustrative tradition begun by the 12th-century Abbot Toba of Kozan temple who is famous for his scrolls featuring caricatures of animals and people.
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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. 18; 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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