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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Moon at Mount Inaba (Inabayama no tsuki), 1885.12.10

Description

Maker

Title

Moon at Mount Inaba (Inabayama no tsuki)

Year

1885.12.10

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 33.3 x 22.7 cm (13 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right: [Japanese Characters]

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1376

About

Famous warriors are just one of the subjects depicted in Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. In this scene he captures the military leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598) scaling Mount Inaba to infiltrate the Saitō clan castle at the top. In the 1567 siege, Hideyoshi successfully penetrated the castle from its unguarded rear, opening the front gates for the troops of his lord, Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582).

Inscription verso, bottom right: [Japanese Characters]

Japan
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined

December 7, 2018 - May 5, 2019

Famous warriors are just one of the subjects depicted in Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. In this scene he captures the military leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598) scaling Mount Inaba to infiltrate the Saitō clan castle at the top. In the 1567 siege, Hideyoshi successfully penetrated the castle from its unguarded rear, opening the front gates for the troops of his lord, Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582).

Heroes and Warriors

September 28, 2007 - January 13, 2008

In 1564, during the siege of the Saitō clan stronghold at Gifu Castle on Inaba Mountain, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–98) climbed an unguarded precipitous cliff at night with six reliable men and opened the gates of the castle to the troops of his leader, Oda Nobunaga (1534–82). Hideyoshi, who was destined to be one of the great warlords of the late 16th century, went on to revenge his leader’s death and pursue Nobunaga’s dream of reunifying Japan during a period of factional warfare.

What do you think the artist Yoshitoshi is telling us about Hideyoshi in this print?

Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints

December 6, 2002 - March 2, 2003

To assist in the taking of Gifu castle during a siege, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-98), a young commander in the army of Oda Nobunaga (1534-82), scaled a very difficult cliff to gain access to the fortress. This heroic deed was very significant in Nobunaga’s military campaign to unify Japan under his leadership at the end of the 16th century.

Bushido

November 1, 1985 - February 9, 1986

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