The Legendary Empress Jing? mid-19th century K?sai Hokushin ???? Japanese Jing?, a legendary empress of Japan, was a warrior-ruler, said to have been active in the third century. A wet nurse cradles her son, the future emperor ?jin. Takenouchi no Sukune, her wizened general, holds a fan inscribed with the words “destroyer of armies,” referring to a militarily auspicious star in the Big Dipper, and a reminder that Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) and many of his students—including K?sai Hokushin—were adherents of the cult of the North The Legendary Empress Jing?. K?sai Hokushin ???? (Japan
The Legendary Empress Jing? mid-19th century K?sai Hokushin ???? Japanese Jing?, a legendary empress of Japan, was a warrior-ruler, said to have been active in the third century. A wet nurse cradles her son, the future emperor ?jin. Takenouchi no Sukune, her wizened general, holds a fan inscribed with the words “destroyer of armies,” referring to a militarily auspicious star in the Big Dipper, and a reminder that Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) and many of his students—including K?sai Hokushin—were adherents of the cult of the North The Legendary Empress Jing?. K?sai Hokushin ???? (Japanese, 1824–1876). Japan. mid-19th century. Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk. Edo period (1615–1868). Paintings
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