Kikaku

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

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Title	Kikaku Kikaku 其角
Series title	One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 月百姿
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date	10/1885
Publisher	Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) 秋山武右衛門 (滑稽堂)
Woodcarver	Noguchi Enkatsu 野口圓活
City	Edo

Signature	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal	Taiso大蘇
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	hori kō Noguchi Enkatsu 彫工埜口圓活
Inscription	Inscription: (in title cartouche) 名月や　畳の上に　松の影 Meigetsu ya / tatami no ue ni / matsu no kage Full moon— / on the tatami mats / the pine casting its shadow (in left margin) 御届明治十八年十月　日 otodoke Meiji jūhachi nen jū gatsu [blank] nichi Submitted Meiji year 18, month 10, day [blank] 浅草須賀町二バンチ Asakusa Sugachō 2-banchi (Yoshitoshi’s address) 画工月岡米次郎 gakō Tsukioka Yonejirō Image created by: Tsukioka Yonejirō* 日本バシ室町三丁目九バンチ Nihonbashi Muromachi-chō 3-chōme 9-banchi (publisher’s address) 版元秋山武右エ門 hanmoto Akiyama Buemon Publisher: Akiyama Buemon [sealed:] 組合証 kumiai akashi Guild Certified *Yonejirō is Yoshitoshi’s birth name

Technique & material	Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format	ōban

Object number	SH2018-DM-092
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma