The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Ky?getsub?) 1789, eighth month Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese This book compiles seventy-two ky?ka poems on the theme of the moon, along with five illustrations. Shown here is the moon viewed from the shores of the bay at Akashi, a famous ancient place that evoked the god of waka poetry, Hitomaro, and such works of courtly literature as the Tales of Ise and the Tale of Genji. The handsome pine tree at the front reveals the hand of Utamaro, an artist well trained in the style of the Kano The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Ky?getsu
The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Ky?getsub?) 1789, eighth month Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese This book compiles seventy-two ky?ka poems on the theme of the moon, along with five illustrations. Shown here is the moon viewed from the shores of the bay at Akashi, a famous ancient place that evoked the god of waka poetry, Hitomaro, and such works of courtly literature as the Tales of Ise and the Tale of Genji. The handsome pine tree at the front reveals the hand of Utamaro, an artist well trained in the style of the Kano The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Ky?getsub?). Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806). Japan. 1789, eighth month. Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615–1868). Illustrated Books
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