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© 2004 Takehisa Yumeji
Height: 512.000 mm
Width:
390.000 mm
Asia JA 1982.10-7.010
Views of Mount Fuji
Takehisa Yumeji, 'Princess Tatsuta' (Tatsuta-hime), a colour woodblock print
From 'A Collection of Takehisa Yumeji's Pictures in Woodblock Print' (Takehisa Yumeji moku-hangu-shū)
Tatsuta-hime, the Shintō goddess of autumn and the harvest, is shown here as an elegant modern beauty in a high-waisted kimono with long swinging sleeves. She poses before a distant, barren Mt Fuji.
The artist is quoted as saying about Princess Tatsuta: 'She's the crowning woman of my life. She's Miss Nippon!'