Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu
Title: Yamashiro- Snow at Rokuhara
Date: 1884
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Monday, January 17, 2005 Title Skeleton Dream - Setsu Getsu Ka Artist Chikanobu Toyohara 1838-1912 Signature yoshu Chikanobu hitsu Seal toshidama Dated 1884 Publisher Kobayashi Tetsujiro Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent … wood grains visible on the background Colors excellent … mica sprinkled, burnighing Condition excellent - very good … light toning, backing partially removed. Description From the series, "Setsu Getsu Ka" (Snow Flower Moon), one of Chikanobu's best series. "Yamashiro" no.14. Snow at Rokuhara. Daijo Nyudo Jokai (Priest Jokai who is equivalent to the prime minister). Jokai which was the Buddhist name of Taira Kiyomori, was viewing the snowy garden of his palace. Perhaps a fit of imagination from his consciousness, all the snow covered trees and rocks started to look like the skeletal remains of the people that he had killed. Format Oban tate-e Width 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm Height 14.0 inches = 35.5 cm
