Catalog record · 目録番号 59946

Fujiwara no Sanekata's Obsession Turning to Sparrows

Artist / 作者: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代: 1890
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / robynbuntin
Digital image / 画像: 504 × 369 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

From the artist's critically acclaimed series 36 Ghosts. Here depicted is the legend of the Tenth Century poet Fujiwara no Sanekata, whose angry disappointment at not receiving an Imperial appointment was said to have materialized in the form of a flock of flying sparrows.

Image record / 画像情報

ROBYNBUNTIN · 1890 · robynbuntin

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