Title: The Sound of Cloth Being Pounded: Tsunenobu and the Demon

Medium: Color woodcut

Date Of Execution: January 1886

Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 9 1/2"; Mat: 20 x 16"

Signature: Signed: Yoshitoshi, seal: Taiso

References And Exhibitions:

Plate 14 from the series: "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon"
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Engraver: Enkatsu
Reference: Stevenson 14

One autumn night, as the courtier Tsunenobu (1016-1097 AD) watches the moon rise, he hears the sound of someone pounding cloth in the distance. Reminded of a famous Tang Chinese poem, he recites the following verse: "I listen to the sound of cloth being pounded as the moon shines serenely, and believe that there is someone else who has not yet gone to sleep." As Tsunenobu finishes a gigantic demon appears in the sky and recites a couplet by the Tang poet Li Bo (701-762 AD):"In the northern sky geese fly across Big Dipper - to the south cold robes are pounded under the moonlight."

Condition Notes:

A very fine impression with fresh colors.  Large untrimmed sheet, without album backing (very rare).

Price: (US) $600.00

Inventory Number: UK1132