Catalog record · 目録番号 59238

Kitayama Moon - Tsuki Hyakushi # 32

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: 978 × 1400 px
Published by / 公開者: 紫藤メイ

Catalog note / 解説

From "Tsuki Hyakushi" ("One Hundred Aspects of the Moon"), "Kitayama no Tsuki" ("Kitayama Moon"). Toyohara Sumiaki, 16th century, was a renowned flute musician. One moon-lit night, he wandered into the wilderness of Kitayama. Suddenly a pack of wolves surrounded him. He thought he was going to be killed. He played his favorite flute for the last time. But the wolves became spellbound by his music. They disappeared into the woods leaving him unharmed.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1886. · artelino

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