A Picture of Loss in a Fruitful Year

Original Language TitleHonen Songen

Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839 - 1892)

Date1884

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper

DimensionsImage: 18 3/4 × 14 1/8 inches (47.63 × 35.89 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 14 5/8 inches (48.9 × 37.16 cm)

Credit LineGift of Marc and Elizabeth Wilson

Object numberF97-33/8

Signedlower right: Sokatei (?) Yoshitoshi ga

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionTriptych print, pasted together. The right and middle sections of the print depict two figures (the gods of good fortune) lying down, hiding in a huge open bag (the treasure bag of Hotei). Two ghostly figures (demons) approach from the left. One wears a cloth headband and holds a bag in his left hand and a stick in his right. The other carries a fan in his right hand and a bamboo walking cane in his left. There are inscriptions written in the middle section.

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