Kikaku

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