Catalog record · 目録番号 59063

Cassia-Tree Moon - wu Gang # 26

Artist / 作者: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代: 1886
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 974 × 1400 px
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ

Catalog note / 解説

"Tsuki Hyakushi; Tsuki no Katsura" (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; Cassia-tree Moon) Wu Gang (Jp. Gobetsu) was condemned to cut the cassia trees on the moon to eternity. The seeds from the eight giant cassia trees which grow on the moon, according to the Daoist legend, can render magical power and immortality.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1886. · artelino

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