Tsunenobu

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Information

Title Tsunenobu Tsunenobu 経信
Series title One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 月百姿
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date 1/1886
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 Yoshitoshi no in 芳年之印
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) Enkatsu tō 円活刀
Inscription

(in title cartouche)

から衣 うつ聲きけは 月きよみ またねぬ人を そらにしるかな 経信

Karakoromo / utsu koe kikeba / tsuki kiyomi / mada nenu hito o / sora ni shiru kana —Tsunenobu

I hear the sound / of cloth being pounded / as the moon shines serenely / and I understand that there is someone else / who has not yet gone to sleep.

—Tsunenobu

(in left margin)

御届明治十九年一月 日 otodoke Meiji jūkyū nen ichi gatsu [blank] nichi Submitted Meiji year 19, month 1, 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)

版元秋山武右衛門 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-089
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma