Catalog record · 目録番号 59184

Kumasaka - One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Artist / 作者: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代: 1887
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 967 × 1400 px
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン

Catalog note / 解説

"Tsuki Hyakushi; Oboroyo no Tsuki" (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; Hazy-night Moon). Kumasaka was a robber-bandit priest who was killed by Yoshitsune in 10th Century. In the noh play, "Kumasaka", his ghost appeared in a dream of a travelling priest. He asked the priest to pray for him so that he could be salvaged from the evil past.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1887. · artelino

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