Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 58934

Summer-like moon

Artist / 作者: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代: 1880-1889
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / loc
Digital record / 画像記録: 629 × 1024 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Library of Congress
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利: No known restrictions on publication
Attribution / 表記: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Catalog note / 解説

Print shows General Akashi Gidayu, wearing white outfit, sitting on the floor, holding a knife (tantō or short sword) in his right hand, with papers in front of him on which he has written his death poem (also visible in upper right), scene with a tiger painted on the screen to his right; he is preparing to commit ritual suicide (seppuku) after failing to win in battle.

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