Title
On the coast at Kiyomi even the sky bars the way/ The moon is blocked by the Miho pine groves, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon
1886
Artist
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Details
- Alternative title
- Kiyomi gata/ sora nimo seki no/ arunaraba/ tsuki o todomete/ Miho no matsubara
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 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
- 258.2012.41
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Works in the collection
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About
The diamond pattern in the figure's helmet indicates that the warrior depicted in this print is the 16th-century warlord Takeda Shingen. He sits on a golden cloud looking at Mount Fuji across the Miho promontory and steep mountainous coastline. The dreamlike scene and the Miho headland, with its government checkpost, suggest the obstacles to Takeda Shingen’s lifelong quest to unify Japan in the late 16th century.
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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.41; 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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