{"product_id":"tsukioka_yoshitoshi__hotei_pointing_at_the_moon","title":"Hotei Pointing at the Moon (Godō no Tsuki) – Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHotei Pointing at the Moon (Godō no Tsuki) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFramed Canvas Art\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHotei, the round bellied god of contentment, reclines against his treasure sack and raises one finger toward a pale moon high in an empty silver sky. \u003cstrong\u003eThe gesture is the entire subject of the picture.\u003c\/strong\u003e In Zen teaching, a finger pointing at the moon is the classic caution not to mistake the pointer for the thing itself: the teaching indicates the truth but is not the truth. Yoshitoshi gives almost the whole sheet over to soft gray space, setting the figure low and the moon small and high, so the eye travels the same path as Hotei arm. The palette is deliberately spare, ivory robes and an ink black collar with a single note of green at his fan, which leaves the luminous disc of the moon as the one event in an otherwise quiet field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 to 1892) is widely regarded as the last great master of ukiyo-e, the artist who carried the tradition through the upheaval of Japan opening to the West. This design belongs to \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)\u003c\/em\u003e, the crowning series of his career, published between 1885 and 1892, in which each print pairs the moon with a moment drawn from history, legend, literature, or faith. Hotei is one of the Seven Lucky Gods and a favorite subject of Zen painters, who loved him as an emblem of freedom from worldly burden. This version is unusually restrained and modern, closer to a painting than a commercial print, and it shows the series at its most contemplative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur archival giclee process on museum grade cotton canvas is well suited to a work whose effect depends almost entirely on tonal subtlety. The graded silver gray ground, produced in the original by hand applied \u003cem\u003ebokashi\u003c\/em\u003e shading, is reproduced across its full range rather than flattening into neutral noise, and the halo of light around the moon keeps its softness. The crisp ink line of the collar and the single green accent hold their edges against that haze. Presented in an ornate composite frame in aged gold, silver, or dark bronze, this quiet masterpiece suits a bedroom, a study, or any wall that benefits from stillness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanvasClassics","offers":[{"title":"Small (25 x 14) \/ Gold","offer_id":49073619960043,"sku":"1900111","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small (25 x 14) \/ Silver","offer_id":49073619992811,"sku":"1900112","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small (25 x 14) \/ Dark Bronze","offer_id":49073620025579,"sku":"1900113","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium (31 x 17) \/ Gold","offer_id":49073620058347,"sku":"1900121","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium (31 x 17) \/ Silver","offer_id":49073620091115,"sku":"1900122","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium (31 x 17) \/ Dark Bronze","offer_id":49073620123883,"sku":"1900123","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large (43 x 21) \/ Gold","offer_id":49073620156651,"sku":"1900131","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large (43 x 21) \/ Silver","offer_id":49073620189419,"sku":"1900132","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large (43 x 21) \/ Dark Bronze","offer_id":49073620222187,"sku":"1900133","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate (55 x 26) \/ Gold","offer_id":49073620254955,"sku":"1900141","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate (55 x 26) \/ Silver","offer_id":49073620287723,"sku":"1900142","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate (55 x 26) \/ Dark Bronze","offer_id":49073620320491,"sku":"1900143","price":995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8606\/6923\/files\/keisai_eisen__de_krijger_asashina_saburo_in_slaap_gevallen_boven__estate__gold.jpg?v=1784502069","url":"https:\/\/canvasclassics.shop\/products\/tsukioka_yoshitoshi__hotei_pointing_at_the_moon","provider":"Canvas Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}