| | Stockno.: | 23-011 | Artist: | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892) | Description: | No 12. Moon on the sea at Daimotsu – Benkei (Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki - Benkei 大物海上月 弁慶 from the series One hundred aspects of the moon (Tsuki hyakushi月百姿).
Published by Akiyama Buemon in January 1886.
Musashibō Benkei 武蔵坊弁慶 (1155-1189) quelling a storm with prayers and magic spells. The storm is raised by the ghosts of the conquered Taira worriors. Benkei was a famous warrior monk who served Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経 1159-1189).
| Signed: | Yoshitoshi with seal Taiso. | Size: | Oban tate-e. | Condition: | | Price: | Ask us! SOLD | Reference: | John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 2001, cat. no. 12. | | | |
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