清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen), Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen)
Matsui Eikichi; 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ,
清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen)
1889, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, artist
1839–1892
, publisher
清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen), 1889, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 356 x 241 mm each sheet
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 362 x 251 mm each sheet
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 36 x 16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund and Museum of Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2010.0174.a,b
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Nature/Natural," Feb-2011, Kris Ercums Upon falling madly in love with Princess Sakura, the priest Seigen abandons his religious trainings and is expelled from Kiyomizudera, a famous temple in Kyoto. Nonetheless, his passion earns him nothing but rejection. Seigen goes mad and wanders the streets wearing Princess Sakura’s robe. The vertical diptych portrays Seigen’s obsession by showing him clutching Sakura’s robe, from which a vision of the princess emerges.