Japanese Print "Sumiyoshi Full Moon - Lord Teika # 53" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title:Sumiyoshi Full Moon - Lord Teika # 53
Date:1887.
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Description:
"Tsuki Hyakushi; Sumiyoshi no Meigetsu" (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; Sumiyoshi Full Moon) Lord Teika who compiled "Hyakunin Isshu" (100 Poems by 100 Poets) is falling asleep in a Shinto shrine at Sumiyoshi. This shrine was dedicated to the god of poetry. The god appeared in his dream as an old man.
