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Taoist Deity Chang-e Who Stole The Elixir Of Immortality.

Taoist Deity Chang-e Who Stole The Elixir Of Immortality.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-21-2009

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TITLE:  Jōga hongetsuTITLE TRANSLATION:  Taoist deity Chang-e who stole the elixir of immortality. CALL NUMBER:  FP 2 - JPD, no. 1367 (A size) [P&P]Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image. REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-jpd-01512 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows a female deity, Chang-e, full-length, holding a vial of the elixir of immortality, as she rides on clouds to the moon. MEDIUM:  1 print : woodcut, color ; 27.1 x 17.3 cm. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [188-] CREATOR: Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist. NOTES: Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tsuki hyaku shi : 100 aspects of the moon. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, trimmed. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1880-1890. Gods--Japan--1880-1890. Moon--1880-1890. FORMAT: Ukiyo-e Japanese Color 1880-1890.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1880-1890. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) jpd 01512 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.01512 CONTROL #:  2008660378