Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 59557
Lu of Deep Wisdom
- Artist / 作者
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
- Date / 年代
- 1887
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / kruml
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 693 × 1893 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Prints London
- Published by / 公開者
- 青木ソラ
- Rights / 権利
- No commercial-app permission documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Prints London
Catalog note / 解説
Lu Ta ( Lu Chi Shen ) demolishing the gate of the temple of the Five-Crested Mountain. A Chinese captain, he accidentally killed a man and to escape death he became a priest at the temple. The abbot cut his hair and renamed him Lu Chi Shen, “Lu of Deep Wisdom.” However, quickly disregarding priestly vows, he became violent again and drank heavily. Staggering back one night he shattered the temple gate fighting the huge wooden guardian figures. The abbot dimissed him and he reappears as one of the 108 heroes of the Suikoden. Published by Matsui 1887. Very fine impression of the earliest state of the first edition with blind printing and burnishing. This design was reprinted by Hasegawa with…
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