
Komurasaki lamenting at the grave of her lover Shirai Gompachi
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
A woman in a pale lavender kimono patterned with red and white peonies kneels in a wooded graveyard, her back to the viewer and head bowed, with crows perched and flying among bare autumn trees whose leaves are rendered in red, white, and green; a small incense or writing box sits on the ground beside her. In the adjoining panel at right, a young man in a black kimono bearing a crest, red under-collar, and two swords stands before a lattice screen holding a long unrolled scroll or letter covered in vertical text, with pink petals or dots scattered across the grey ground behind him. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, mokuhanga, year unknown.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Komurasaki lamenting at the grave of her lover Shirai Gompachi was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年).



