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Sesonji no Tsuki (Seson Temple Moon)
Yoshitoshi1888
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park, National Park Service
Woodstock, VT, United States
This print is part of Yoshitoshi's famous series "100 Aspects of the Moon" which depicts scenes from traditional Chinese and Japanese history and lore. Fujiwara no Yoshitaka (953-974 AD), captain of the Imperial Guards at the Heian court and an accomplished poet, sits in the gardens of the Seson Temple and meditates upon his retreat from society for the sake of his elder brother.
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- Title: Sesonji no Tsuki (Seson Temple Moon)
- Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
- Date: 1888
- Physical Location: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
- Provenance: The prints in this series were given to Elizabeth Billings as a gift by Sho Nemoto.
- Contributor: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Catalog Number: MABI 9289t
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