Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Emperor Visits the Moon Palace
Three small figures look towards a pale palace beyond a great yellow-leaved tree. The neighboring tale recounts a Tang emperor’s journey to the moon with two sorcerers and identifies the cassia tree beside the castle.
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George W. Hood. "The Emperor Visits the Moon Palace" [editorial title]. In The Chinese Fairy Book, Richard Wilhelm; translated by Frederick H. Martens. Illustrated edition; frontispiece absent, undated edition. Source scan leaf 66. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0478-0066
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George W. Hood. The Emperor Visits the Moon Palace. The Chinese Fairy Book. Scan leaf 66. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0478-0066