Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
- Dimensions
- 73 × 37 cm (28 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- woodblock print
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printasian artMusicJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print
About
Fujiwara no Yasumasa’s windblown robes contrast sharply with the strong, fixed pose of the robber Hakamadare Yasusuke in this woodblock print. According to legend, Yasumasa, a renowned poet and flutist who lived during the Heian period (740–1185), so charmed the would-be thief with his music and confident bearing that the outlaw meekly followed him home.
