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Title
Yamashiro, snow at Rokuhara, Prime Minister Monk Jokai
Alternative Title
Snow, moon, flowers; Setsu gekka: Yamashiro, Rokuhara yuki, Daijo nyudo Jokai
Creator
Chikanobu, Yoshu
Date Created and/or Issued
1884-08-02
Publication Information
Kobayashi Tetsujiro
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
Rights Information
The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this item may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Scripps College. Any form of image reproduction, transmission, display, or storage in any retrieval system is prohibited without the written consent of Scripps College and other copyright holders. Scripps College retains all rights, including copyright, in data, images, documentation, text and other information contained in these files. For permissions, please contact: Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Attn: Rights and Reproductions, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
Description
Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), leader of the Heike, was ruthless in his pursuit of political power, crushing the Genji clan in 1160, taking the position of Chancellor in 1167, marrying his daughter to Emperor Takakura, placing the retired Emperor Goshirakawa under house arrest in 1179, and making his grandson Emperor at the age of two. In his later years, he began to have horrific visions in which the spirits of the many courtiers and warriors he had killed returned to haunt him, here depicted as skeletons rising out of the snowy garden elements.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
93.6.69.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cyw/id/158
Language
Japanese
Subject
Men (male humans)
Women
Kimonos
Snow (precipitation)
Skull (skeleton component)
Ukiyo-e
Print
Time Period
Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Source
Woodcuts; Ink on Paper; 13 13/16 x 9 5/16 in.; accession number 93.6.69
Relation
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cyw

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