Moon Tsuki (title on object) Flowers, birds, wind and moon (series title) Kachôfûgetsu (series title on object), An old man with a fan in his right hand, stands at the bottom of a long stairs. At the top of the stairs is a lady in front of a pavilion. The man is the Chinese emperor Gensô (Hsüang Tsung, 685-762) and the woman his favorite concubine Yôkihi (Yang Kuei-fei, 719-56). Here their encounter in the hereafter is depicted, Yôkihi was executed after she and her family gained too much power. Measure three poems., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 206 mm × w 181 mm
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Moon Tsuki, title, object, Flowers, birds, wind, moon, series title, Kachôfûgetsu, old man, fan, right hand, stands, bottom, long stairs, top, stairs, lady, front, pavilion, man, Chinese emperor Gensô, Hsüang Tsung, 685-762, woman, favorite concubine Yôkihi, Yang Kuei-fei, 719-56, encounter, hereafter, depicted, Yôkihi, executed, family gained too, power, Measure three poems, Totoya Hokkei, mentioned, Japan, 1822, paper, colour woodcut
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