three piece folded image: older man with stubble stands on a balcony, looking out into garden with PR hand in a fist and clutching sheathed sword in PL hand; snow-covered rocks and hills in garden resemble menacing skulls with teeth staring back at man in the black night; right panel shows two terrified courtesans huddling with backs together in bed, windblown red and yellow shade, and a lamp; cartouche at URQ

Taira Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden, May 1882

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First edition with brown cartouche. The second edition has a light blue cartouche.

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Title
Taira Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden
Artist Life
1839 - 1892
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2013.31.202
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three piece folded image: older man with stubble stands on a balcony, looking out into garden with PR hand in a fist and clutching sheathed sword in PL hand; snow-covered rocks and hills in garden resemble menacing skulls with teeth staring back at man in the black night; right panel shows two terrified courtesans huddling with backs together in bed, windblown red and yellow shade, and a lamp; cartouche at URQ