Minneapolis Institute of Art
Moon over Daimotsu Bay: Benkei
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Akiyama Buemon; Carver: Noguchi EnkatsuLinkedCulture matchlcp-4cd9452a86b8
- Date
- January 1886
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 127899
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi) is Yoshitoshi’s most celebrated and ambitious series. First published from 1885 to 1892, each design features a literary or pictorial image of the moon, drawing from Japanese and Chinese history, legend, and literature. The warrior monk Benkei (1155–1189) is standing in the prow of the ship from which he and the famous general Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159–1189) are trying to escape from Yoshitsune’s older half brother, Yoritomo (1147–1199), during the fight over control of the country. Hit by a tempestuous storm, Benkei is praying, trying to prevent their slain enemies from rising from the dead and drowning them. The idea for this print came from the play Benkei in the Boat (Funa Benkei), which was adapted from a Noh play to Kabuki theater and premiered just two months before the print was published. Asia
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- The Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, gifts of various donors, by exchange, and gift of Edmond Freis in memory of his parents, Rose and Leon Freis
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