One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Chinese Beauty holding a Stringed Instrument
Maker
Taiso Yoshitoshi
(1839-1892)
Date1887
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 9 in. (36.83 x 22.86 cm)
ClassificationsOriginal Art
Credit LineGift from the collection of Else and Joseph Chapman
Object numberA.2001.21.54
DescriptionThe night is still and a hundred flowers are fragrant in the western palaceshe orders the screen to be rolled up, regretting the passing of spring
with the yunhe across her lap she gazes at the moon
the colors of the trees are hazy in the indistinct moonlight - Wang Changling
Long necked noblewoman with musical instrument watching her maidservant rolling up the blinds.
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Artist unrecorded
Rosalia Tineo Torres
2017
