Yoshitoshi: from the Series 36 Hair Raising Transformations
Taira no Tomomori, c. 1885
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Fine Art Reproduction
Full Size Reproduction: 14.25 x 8.75 inches
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Yoshitoshi produced a number of woodcut prints that presented the myths and legends of ancient Japan. Against a backdrop of a national policy of westernization during the rule of the Meiji emperor (1868-1912), Yoshitoshi offered his audience a pilgrimage to Japan’s glorious past. Published between 1885 and 1892, these series of individual woodblock prints depicts figures from Japanese and Chinese legend, history, literature, folklore and theater.
The artist’s own experiences with poverty and mental illness instilled in him a sense of compassion and a desire to explore the depth and range of human emotion. While the sense of tranquility that Yoshitoshi seemed to reach in his last years is evident in One Hundred Aspects of the Moon series, there are also an underlying darkness and loneliness that haunt the viewer. In a country that was no longer the old Japan, and not yet the new Japan, his work had great appeal to an audience on the brink of the unknown.
Summary: Print shows the ghost of Taira no Tomomori crashing through waves to avenge the Taira naval defeat by the Minamoto forces during the Genpei War.
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