Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

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Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

Tsukioka YoshitoshiLinkedCulture matchlcp-0caca39c7835

Date
c. 1885/92
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
212351

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is a well-known Japanese legend in which an old man finds a baby girl hidden in a bamboo stalk while cutting the plantsto make baskets. He takes her home and he and his wife raise her as their own. The girl, Kaguyahime (Shining Princess), grows into a beautiful young woman and eventually returns to her home in the Moon Palace without accepting any of the proposals made by her suitors, including the emperor. This print illustrates the moment when the bamboo cutter begs Kaguyahime not to leave.

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Gift of Roger L. Weston
Provenance
Kaneko Fusui (1897-1978), Japan, about 1963 [Kodansha 1963]. Nakau Ei (born 1934), Japan, to at least 1992 [Nakau 1992]. Sold, Christie's, New York, sale 1876, May 18, 2007, to Roger Weston, Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 2018.

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