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| Artist: | Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) Taiso — 月岡芳年 |
| Title: | A spirit of the plum tree visited Chinese poet Zhao Shixiong |
| Series: | 100 Aspects of the Moon — 月百姿 |
| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) — 秋山武右衛門 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) — 秋山武右衛門 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 29769 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka - 100 Moons - Moonlight under trees- 1.jpg is:
100 Phases of the Moon: # 59
Artist: Yoshitoshi
Format: Oban tate-e: 13.75" x 9.25"
Subject: 'In the Moonlight under the Trees a Beautiful Woman Comes'. A conventionally beautiful woman dressed in luxurious Chinese costume stands by a flowering plum tree under a perfect full moon. She is the Spirit of the Plum Tree, who appeared to Zhao Shixiong, a Chinese poet of the Sui dynasty (589-618). One fresh spring morning, Zhao climbed the slopes of the sacred mountain of Luofu in southern China to admire the flowering plum trees there. As evening drew on, he fell asleep under the trees, and a nymph appeared to him in a dream. Waking in the magical light of a full moon, he realised that the Spirit of the Plum Tree had visited him, and wrote a poem about his experience.
Date: 1888
Condition: Fine colors. Trimmed to image at left. Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws. Generally fine state of preservation.
Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage.
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