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Prince O-usu – Moon over the Bandit Lair

Prince O-usu – Moon over the Bandit Lair

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

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Title	Prince O-usu – Moon over the Bandit Lair Ousu no miko zokusō no tsuki 小碓皇子　賊巣の月
Series title	One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 月百姿
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date	c. 1886–1887
Publisher	Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) 秋山武右衛門 (滑稽堂)
Woodcarver	Yamamoto Shinji 山本信司
City	Tokyo

Signature	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal	Taiso 大蘇
Publisher’s seal(s)	kokkeidō こっけい堂
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	Yamamoto tō 山本刀
Inscription	(in left margin) 御届明治　年　月　日 Meiji [blank] nen [blank] gatsu [blank] nichi Submitted in Meiji year [blank], month [blank], day [blank] [sealed:] 組合証 kumiai akashi Guild Certified 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* 日本バシ区室町三丁目九バンチ Nihonbashi-ku Muromachi-chō 3-chōme 9-banchi (Publisher’s address) 出版人秋山武右エ門 shuppanjin Akiyama Buemon publisher Akiyama Buemon *Yonejirō was Yoshitoshi’s official name

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

Object number	SH2018-DM-122
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma