Mount Yoshino midnight-moon (Yoshinoyama yowa no tsuki)

Iga no Tsubone, a court lady with the exiled emperor Go-Daigo, withstands and exorcizes the spirit of the courtier Sasaki no Kiyotaka under a full, but heavily clouded moon. Kiyotaka, adviser to Emperor Go-Daigo, was forced to commit suicide in 1333, and his angry spirit haunted the Emperor’s temporary court in the Yoshino Mountains. (printed January 1886)

Posted on April 18th at 3:25 PM
Tagged as: japan. ukiyo-e. ghost. tsukioka yoshitoshi. yoshitoshi tsukioka. art. 100 views of the moon.

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