Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Four woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi) | Meiji period, late 19th century

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Four woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)

Meiji period, late 19^th century

four woodblock prints, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido); each with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:

- Musashi Plain Moon (Musashino no tsuki), signed and sealed Yoshitoshi, 1^st month 1891

- Hazy-night Moon, Kumasaka (Oboroyo no tsuki, Kumasaka), dark indigo ground, signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, 1^st month 1887

- Bon Festival Moon (Bon no tsuki), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, 1^st month 1887

- Lady Gosechi (Gosechi no myobu), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, 6^th month 1887

Each vertical oban:

36.2 x 23.7 cm., 14¼ x 9¼ in. (the first)

36.9 x 24.8 cm., 14½ x 9¾ in. (the second)

37 x 25.2 cm., 14½ x 9⅞ in. (the third)

37.2 x 25 cm., 14⅝ x 9¾ in. (the fourth)

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), Quatre gravures sur bois, époque Meiji, fin du XIXe siècle