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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

Taira shokoku Kiyomori nyudo jokai (Taira no Kiyomori and skulls in snow)

Fermé19 March 2019

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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
Taira shokoku Kiyomori nyudo jokai (Taira no Kiyomori and skulls in snow)
Woodblock prints, triptych, from the series Shinyo Rokaisen (Selected six ghost stories), signed oju Yoshitoshi, published by Funatsu Chujiro, 1882
14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (37.1 x 25.1 cm.) each approx.

Note du spécialiste

This dramatic scene is taken from the Heike Monogatari (Tale of Heike), which tells of the feud between the Minamoto (Genji) and Taira (Heike) clans that was retold many times in plays and illustrations. Here, he places Kiyomori on a veranda looking over the skulls of his enemies.
Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181) was the most powerful military aristocrat in Japan whose family dominated the imperial court. Kiyomori rivaled even the emperor Go-Shirakawa, who would later engineer the downfall of the Taira clan in 1185, four years after Kiyomori's death.