Japanese Print "Cassia-Tree Moon - wu Gang # 26" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title:Cassia-Tree Moon - wu Gang # 26
Date:1886.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Tsuki Hyakushi; Tsuki no Katsura" (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; Cassia-tree Moon) Wu Gang (Jp. Gobetsu) was condemned to cut the cassia trees on the moon to eternity. The seeds from the eight giant cassia trees which grow on the moon, according to the Daoist legend, can render magical power and immortality.
