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Fujiwara no Ariko Weeping over Her Lute (Reflected Moonlight)
Fujiwara no Ariko Weeping over Her Lute (Reflected Moonlight)

Fujiwara no Ariko Weeping over Her Lute (Reflected Moonlight)

Series Title100 Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839 - 1892)
Date1886
MediumColor woodblock print, vertical oban
DimensionsImage: 12 15/16 × 8 7/8 inches (32.86 × 22.54 cm)
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 9 15/16 inches (36.99 × 25.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Duboc
Object numberF89-7/5
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Ukiyoe ("pictures of the floating world") woodblock prints were widely admired during the Edo period (1615–1868), especially the 1700s. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of the last ukiyoe artists popular with collectors in the late 1800s.

Yoshitoshi was known for his theatrical depictions of legends and folklore. These three prints come from the series 100 Aspects of the Moon. They illustrate scenes of famous women dressed in ancient courtly attire and bathed in the moonlight.

Provenance

With Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Duboc, Mission Hill, Kansas, by 1989;

Purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Duboc by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, by 1989.
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