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Kumasaka in the Misty Moonlight

Kumasaka in the Misty Moonlight

by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Meiji/Taishō Prints Ukiyo-e

Moonlight Night Scenes

Series:

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (print 46 of 100)

Date:

1887

Medium:

Woodblock print

Format:

Oban

Source:

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Typical Price

Scarce or exceptional One Hundred Aspects of the Moon design: $2,000–$10,000
Fine impression of popular moon design: $800–$2,500
Common moon design, good condition: $300–$800

Description

"Kumasaka in the Misty Moonlight" (1887) depicts the outlaw chieftain Kumasaka Chōhan, who was slain in his inn at night by the young Ushiwakamaru (the future Yoshitsune) in a famous episode of medieval legend. Yoshitoshi renders the scene with characteristic nocturnal atmosphere—the misty moonlight softening the violence of the encounter and lending the scene an air of ghostly beauty. The subject anticipates his "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" series in its use of moonlight as both compositional element and emotional atmosphere.

More Prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Shunkan Watching Enviously from Kikai Island as Yasuyori Returns to the Capitol after Being Unexpectedly Pardoned (Shunkan sozu Kikaigashima ni oite tamatama Yasuyori no shamen senbo kito no zu)

Looking as if She Wants to Go for a Walk: The Fashion of a Married Woman of the Meiji Era (Yūho ga shitasō, Meiji nenkan saikun no fūzoku), from the series Thirty-two Appearances of Fashion (Fūzoku sanjūni sō)

Slovenly (Shidaranasaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

1888

Color woodblock print; oban

Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi"

n.d.

Color woodblock print

More Moonlight Prints

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

1947

Color woodblock print; oban

Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"

March 1933

Color woodblock print; oban

Matsushima in Moonlight (Tsuki no Matsushima)

1919

Color woodblock print

Kiyozumi Garden in Moonlight

January 1938

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Frequently Asked Questions

Kumasaka in the Misty Moonlight was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1887.

Yes — Kumasaka in the Misty Moonlight is part of the One Hundred Aspects of the Moon series (print 46 of 100) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

Kumasaka in the Misty Moonlight depicts moonlight and night scenes.