Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Bamboo Cutter’s Daughter Returns to the Moon
A richly dressed young woman rises among attendants and curling clouds while an elderly man kneels below. The scene evokes the bamboo cutter’s daughter leaving the earthly world.
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. "The Bamboo Cutter’s Daughter Returns to the Moon" [editorial title]. In One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Original Japanese print series, 1885–1892; National Diet Library album 寄別2-2-2-3, 1892, Akiyama Buemon. Source scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yoshitoshi-moons-045
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. The Bamboo Cutter’s Daughter Returns to the Moon. One Hundred Aspects of the Moon. Scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yoshitoshi-moons-045