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Ghost of Genta Yoshihira Taking Revenge | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi | 1889

Ghost of Genta Yoshihira Taking Revenge | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi | 1889

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"Ghost of Genta Yoshihira Taking Revenge," created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi in 1889, is a captivating woodblock print that vividly illustrates the ghostly apparition of Genta Yoshihira, a legendary samurai. Emerging from the shadows, the vengeful spirit is depicted with an intense expression and an ethereal presence, capturing the eerie and supernatural essence of traditional Japanese folklore. The artwork showcases Yoshitoshi's mastery in combining dynamic composition, intricate details, and dramatic contrasts to evoke a sense of fear and awe, reflecting the deep cultural fascination with ghosts and the supernatural in the Meiji era.

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  • Title The Ghost of Wicked Genta Yoshihira Attacking Nanba Jirō at Nunobiki Waterfall (Nunobikitaki Akugenta Yoshihira no rei Nanba Jirō wo utsu), from the series New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjūrokkaisen)
  • Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年; Japanese, 1839-1892; also signed as Taiso, "Great Resurrection"; considered one of the last great masters of ukiyo-e, working in a Japan straddling the old feudal Edo system and the new Meiji modern world)
  • Year of creation December 1889 (No. 19 in the series Shinkei sanjūrokkaisen / New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts, published by Sasaki Toyokichi between 1889 and 1892; engraver Wada; literature Stevenson plate XIX. Considered one of the two best designs from the set. The print depicts the moment when Minamoto no Yoshihira — who had earned the nickname Kamakura Akugenta or "Wicked Genta of Kamakura" at fifteen for murdering his uncle — after being beheaded by the Taira retainer Nanba no Jirō at Nunobiki Waterfall during the Genpei War, sprang into the air in the form of the Thunder God, generating a tremendous storm and striking Nanba dead with a bolt of lightning. The spirit grimaces with rage amidst a swirling maelstrom of clouds, reaching forward to exact revenge)
  • Technique/Medium approximately 36 x 24 cm (oban format)
  • Original dimensions approximately 36 x 24 cm (oban format)
  • Collection/Museum Held in multiple major collections including the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art (Arthur M. Sackler Collection, accession S2021.5.409, The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection; also the Robert O. Muller Collection) and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-P-2017-2554-7)

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