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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1906,1220,0.1412
Title
Object:
Joga hongetsu 嫦娥奔月
(Chang E Flees to the Moon)
Series:
Tsuki no hyakushi 月百姿
(One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
Description
Colour woodblock print. The Chinese woman Chang'e journeying to the moon, where she becomes the daoist deity Xi Wang Mu, the Queen Mother of the West. No. 3 in set.
Producer name
Print artist:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年
Cultures/periods
Meiji Era
Production date
October 1885
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
deity
moon
Associated names
Representation of:
Chang'e 嫦娥
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arthur Morrison
Acquisition date
1906
Department
Asia
Registration number
1906,1220,0.1412
Conservation
Mount and inlay
: 15 May 2019
Treatment
: 3/4/2019