Information
Date : 1883
Size : O-ban / Triptych
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Backed / Pasted together / Slight browning
This artwork depicts a sorrowful scene of the farewell of Yoshitsune and Shizuka Gozen.
With his path blocked by his pursuers, Yoshitsune decided to hide himself in Yoshinoyama mountain, a place where is forbidden to women, and had no choice but to bid farewell to his beloved Shizuka Gozen. The expression on Yoshitsune's face as he looks up to the sky shows his complicated emotions.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 92) is a Ukiyo-e artist who was active from the end of the Tokugawa shogunate to the Meiji-era.
He had created various types of artworks, and we can see his unique expression styles in each genre of the works.
He was one of the most important and popular Ukiyo-e artists in the Meiji-era and also had a lot of pupils who became famous not only in the Japanese painting field but also western painting field. Sometimes he is called "The last Ukiyo-e artist".
He was also loved by a lot of writers, for instance, Tanizaki Junichiro, Mishima Yukio, and Edogawa Ranpo. The beautiful and fascinating artworks that were kept creating even he was in a mental disorder enthrall people from all around the world.