File:Yoshitoshi Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon.jpg
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon, 1886. From the 100 Phases of the Moon series. 9.25" x 13.5". From here.
Iga no Tsubone confronts the tormented spirit of Sasaki no Kiyotaka, who was forced to comit suicide for giving the emperor bad advice. Sasaki's ghost appears as a troublesome tengu demon, with kite's wings and claws.
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Mount Yoshino Midnight Moon |
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Series title | One Hundred Aspects of the Moon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | woodcut print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | ukiyo-e | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://www.japaneseprints.net/prints.cfm?ID=Yoshitoshi%20%28100%20Phases%29 |
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