Moon of the Red Cliffs
1889
19th century
14 in. x 9 in. (35.56 cm x 22.86 cm)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (aka Yoshitoshi Taiso),
Japanese,
(1839–1892)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
color woodblock print on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Yale Pfoutz
Accession Number:
2009.001
Number 81 from One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi).
Refers to one of the most celebrated poems of Chinese literature, composed by Su Dongpo in 1082, during a boating party to an important historial battle site. This print shows a group of courtiers afloat to the accompaniment of the full moon and a flute.