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Totoya Hokkei

The Emperor Genso Meets His Concubine:Moon (Getsu), early 1820s

Description

Maker

Totoya Hokkei, 1780-1850, Japanese

Title

The Emperor Genso Meets His Concubine:Moon (Getsu)

Year

early 1820s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment

Materials/Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Techniques

wood block,
woodcut

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.49

Exhibition History

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008

The Emperor Gensō (Chinese, Emperor Xuanzong, 685 – 762, r. 712 – 56, also known as Minghuang) was enamoured of his concubine Yōkihi (Chinese, Yang Guifei, 719 – 756). In 756, at the beginning of the An Lushan rebellion, the emperor was forced to flee westward. His entourage, who blamed Yōkihi and her family for the rebellion, demanded that she be executed. Here, she stands in front of a moon palace, and he is about to ascend a staircase constructed by a magician in order to visit her once more.

Japonisme

November 4, 1994 - January 22, 1995

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