Name: TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892)
Brand: Two woodblock prints
Price: 1600.00 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. Oboroyo no tsuki: Kumasaka (Hazy-night Moon: Kumasaka), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, dated Meiji twentieth year January the sixth, published by Akiyama Buemon, engraved by Yamamoto
2. Suzakumon no tsuki - Hakuga Sammi (Moon over the Suzaku Gate: Hakuga Sammi), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Yoshitoshi no in, dated Meiji nineteenth year Feburary the first, published by Akiyama Buemon, engraved by Yamamoto

1. 14¹⁄₈ x 9⁵⁄₈ in. (35.9 x 24.4 cm.)
2. 14¹⁄₂ x 9⁷⁄₈ in. (36.8 x 25.1 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.