Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

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Arts of Asia

c. 1885/92

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japanese (1839–1892)

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is a well-known Japanese legend in which an old man finds a baby girl hidden in a bamboo stalk while cutting the plantsto make baskets. He takes her home and he and his wife raise her as their own. The girl, Kaguyahime (Shining Princess), grows into a beautiful young woman and eventually returns to her home in the Moon Palace without accepting any of the proposals made by her suitors, including the emperor. This print illustrates the moment when the bamboo cutter begs Kaguyahime not to leave.

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon
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.: Made 1885–1892
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Dimensions: 105.5 × 40.7 cm (41 9/16 × 16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Roger L. Weston
Reference Number: 2018.556
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