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Takiyasha-hime by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — Japanese Print, 1867

Takiyasha-hime

by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Meiji/Taishō PrintsUkiyo-e
FiguresKabukiMythology
Date:
1867
Medium:
Print
Format:
Oban

Description

Takiyasha-hime was the daughter of the rebel warlord Taira no Masakado, a sorceress who called upon demonic powers to avenge her father's defeat. This 1867 print depicts her in the act of summoning a giant skeleton or other supernatural force—a scene drawn from the kabuki play "Masakado" and deeply embedded in popular folklore. Yoshitoshi's rendering shows the influence of Kuniyoshi's famous skeleton-summoning triptych, reworked through his own emerging sensibility for the grotesque and the supernatural.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Takiyasha-hime was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1867.

Takiyasha-hime depicts figures, kabuki, and mythology.