Kumasaka in the Misty Moonlight
- Series:
- One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (print 46 of 100)
- Date:
- 1887
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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
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)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
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.