DepartmentAsia
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Yorimasa watches the Monster approach the Imperial Palace
NameWoodblock Print
Maker
Taiso Yoshitoshi
(1839-1892)
CultureJapanese
Date1888
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 9 in. (36.83 x 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift from the collection of Else and Joseph Chapman
Object numberA.2001.21.58
Collections
announce its name from above the clouds?
Yorimasa extemporises:
I only bent my bow
and the arrow shot itself
Large male figure dressed in tattered clothes. He is carryying a bag over his shoulder and a large peasant hat on his back. Legs wrapped in rags and he is bare footed. Large mountain to his left and moon to the right.
Pedro Antonio Fresquis
