Name: TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Brand: Two woodblock prints
Price: 1500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Two woodblock prints
Two woodblock prints, from the series Tsukihyakushi (One hundred aspects of the moon), comprising:
1. Aasanogawa sesetsu no tsuki (Moon of pure snow at Asano River, Chikako, The filial daughter), signed and sealed Yoshitoshi, dated Meiji 18th year December, published by Akiyama Buemon
2. Enchūgetsu (Moon in the Flame), sigend Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso

1. 14³⁄₈ x 9⁵⁄₈ in. (36.5 x 24.4 cm.)
2. 13⁵⁄₈ x 9¹⁄₄ in. (34.6 x 23.5 cm.)

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This monumental series was produced by Yoshitoshi at the peak of his artistic maturity and is widely considered to be his most successful creation. The series of 100 prints covers an astoundingly wide-ranging number of subjects drawn from Japanese and Chinese history and literature, Kabuki and Noh theatre, linked only by the moon which is present in each print. Although there is a tranquility to the series, there is a hauntingly beautiful undercurrent running throughout. It is said that collectors at the time would queue from before dawn to buy each new design as it was released, but still found that the edition sold out.