Taira Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden
Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
three piece folded image: older man with stubble stands on a balcony, looking out into garden with PR hand in a fist and clutching sheathed sword in PL hand; snow-covered rocks and hills in garden resemble menacing skulls with teeth staring back at man in the black night; right panel shows two terrified courtesans huddling with backs together in bed, windblown red and yellow shade, and a lamp; cartouche at URQ
- Date
- May 1882
- In our collection
- since January the 9th, 2012 up to now
- Dimensions
- 14 5/16 × 29 1/16 in. (36.35 × 73.82 cm) (image, ōban triptych)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and colors on paper
- Price
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- Composition
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zinc 69% iron 9% atium 10% oxygen 11% cadmium 0% copper 1%