Yang Kuei Fei

1978

Oda Mayumi
Japanese, born 1941

Yang Kuei Fei was the famous concubine of a Chinese emperor during the Tang dynasty (618–907). The emperor was so madly in love with her that he began ignoring his official duties. But he was forced to execute the beauty after she was blamed for a rebellion engineered by her family.

The black and red in this print express the tension and violence associated with Yang Kuei Fei’s fate. Oda Mayumi is known for creating robust and curvaceous female figures—goddesses or legendary beauties whose strength she endeavors to capture in her depictions of them.

Status: On View, Gallery 107
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Oda Mayumi
Title: Yang Kuei Fei
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.: 1978
Medium: Color woodblock print
Dimensions: 79.8 × 61.3 cm (31 7/16 × 24 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marguerite Michaels
Reference Number: 2003.417

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