Yokihi (yang kuei-fei in chinese) was the favorite concubine of the chinese emperor hsüan-tsung. After her tragic death, the grief-stricken emperor asked a taoist magician to search for her in the afterworld. Kogyo's print depicts the scene in which the magician, having found yokihi in the land of the immortals, receives a jeweled hairpin as a memento for the emperor. Date: 1898 (Meiji). Place of creation: Tokyo, Japan. Dimensions: height: 25 cm (9.8 in); width: 37.2 cm (14.6 in). Medium: pigments on mulberry paper. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Matsuke Heikichi - Nogaku zue - Walters 95242
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