Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: The Moon at Mt. Jiming
Date: 1886
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Honolulu Museum of Art
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This is the thirty-first print in Yoshitoshi's monumental series One Hundred Views of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi). The series was published over a seven-year period from 1885 to 1892, with the last one completed shortly before he died. It was tremendously popular, and finally brought Yoshitoshi the success that had been so elusive for most of his life. The Academy's print is a fine early impression of this design. It depicts the Chinese hero Zhang Liang (d. 189 BCE) before a crucial battle that helped to establish the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220CE). The night before the battle, Zhang climbed Mount Jiming (lit. “Rooster's Call Mountain”) and played tunes from the enemy's homeland, making the enemy soldiers so homesick that many of them deserted before dawn. The next day, only a quarter of the enemy's troops remained, resulting in a resounding victory for Zhang Liang and his camp, and ultimately leading to the unification of the entire country. (from Four Generations of J-Woodblock prints exhibition 11/7/2007-)
