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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow: Kobayashi Heihachirō (Seppu no gyōgetsu: Kobayashi Heihachirō)

Description

Maker

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892
b. in Edo, Japan

Title

Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow: Kobayashi Heihachirō (Seppu no gyōgetsu: Kobayashi Heihachirō)
from the series One Hundred Phases of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
雪膚の暁月:小林平八郎
つき百姿

Period

Meiji

Year

1886

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 33.2 x 22.7 cm (13 1/16 x 8 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Seals: Artist's seal | Go Kaisai

Signature: Yoshitoshi

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

97.017

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined
Japanese Warrior Prints
Dec 07, 2018 – May 05, 2019
Heroes and Warriors
Japanese Prints of Historical Narratives and Legendary Tales
Sep 28, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008

Label copy

On the night of January 30, 1703, a group of masterless samurai (known as the “Forty-Seven Ronin”) attacked the mansion of Lord Kira of Kosuke, who had intrigued to force their master to commit suicide. Kobayashi Heihachiro, one of three samurai who defended the villainous Lord Kira to the death during the battle, is here disguised in his nurse’s kimono, which he borrowed when the night attack began.

This popular story, called the Treasury of Loyalty (Chushingura), extols the virtues of the masterless samurai. Do you think that Yoshitoshi thinks of Kobayashi Heihachiro as a hero or villain?

Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints
Dec 06, 2002 – Mar 02, 2003

Label copy

Kobayashi Heihachiro is seen here bravely defending his master, Lord Kira, against an unseen assailant, one of the famed forty-seven loyal retainers who sought vengeance for the death of their master, Lord Asano. Their tale is recounted in the Chusingura, The Treasury of Loyalty, and these heroes are known as the “forty-seven ronin” (“masterless samurai”).

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I
The Heroic, Bizarre, and Supernatural
Sep 09, 1998 – Dec 06, 1998
Samurai, Soldiers, and Idealized Militarism in Japanese Prints
Oct 10, 1991 – Dec 01, 1991
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Tombstone

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892
b. in Edo, Japan
worked in Japan)
Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門, publisher
Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow: Kobayashi Heihachirō (Seppu no gyōgetsu: Kobayashi Heihachirō); from the series One Hundred Phases of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi); 雪膚の暁月:小林平八郎; つき百姿, 1886
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 33.2 x 22.7 cm (13 1/16 x 8 15/16 inches)
Gift of Isaac C. Bates 97.017

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