100 Aspects of the Moon, Reflected Moonlight
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100 Aspects of the Moon, Reflected Moonlight
1886 (September)19th Century
14 5/8 in. x 9 3/4 in. (37.15 cm x 24.77 cm)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese, (1839–1892)
Object Type:
Works on Paper
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
Color woodcut on paper
Credit Line:
Gift of William P. Wentworth
Accession Number:
1986.1.54
This print, at first look, depicts a beautiful woman in high court clothing playing serenely in a small boat at moonlight. However, the scene has a much sadder and pitiful background. The woman is Ariko, from the Noh play Ariko no Naishi, in which her ghost tells the story of her unrequited love. The print is a depiction of the scene of Ariko’s death, as she weeps for her love while preparing to drown herself. She recites lines from a poem as she cries:
Hakanashiya nami no shita nimo
irinubeshi
tsuki no miyako no
hito ya miru tote
How hopeless it is it would be better for me
to sink beneath the waves
perhaps then I could see
my man from Moon Capitol
The poem is written in the upper right-hand corner of the print.
--Zana Ito, December 2014
Hakanashiya nami no shita nimo
irinubeshi
tsuki no miyako no
hito ya miru tote
How hopeless it is it would be better for me
to sink beneath the waves
perhaps then I could see
my man from Moon Capitol
The poem is written in the upper right-hand corner of the print.
--Zana Ito, December 2014
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Magical Elements of the Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Mills College Art Museum Collections Mills College Art Museum , 12/3/2014 - 5/31/2015
Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 13 in. x 8 7/8 in. (33.02 cm x 22.54 cm)
- Sheet Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (37.15 x 24.77 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Stephanie Hanor, ed. Magical Elements of the Floating World. Magical Elements of the Floating World Mills College Art Museum. Oakland, CA, 2015
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