Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight

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Arts of Asia

About 1883

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japanese, 1839-1892

Fujiwara no Yasumasa’s windblown robes contrast sharply with the strong, fixed pose of the robber Hakamadare Yasusuke in this woodblock print. According to legend, Yasumasa, a renowned poet and flutist who lived during the Heian period (740–1185), so charmed the would-be thief with his music and confident bearing that the outlaw meekly followed him home.

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1883
Medium: Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Dimensions: 73 × 37 cm (28 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection
Reference Number: 1984.568
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