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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

Kaoyo: a glimpse of the moon (Kaoyo kaimami no tsuki)

Maker

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892
b. in Edo, Japan

Title

Kaoyo: a glimpse of the moon (Kaoyo kaimami no tsuki)
One-hundred phases of the moon
Tsuki hyakushi
Tsuki hyakushi

Period

Meiji

Year

1886

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 33 x 22.2 cm (13 x 8 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Seals: Artist's seal | Taiso

Signature: Yoshitoshi

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

97.016

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I
The Heroic, Bizarre, and Supernatural
Sep 09, 1998 – Dec 06, 1998

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892
b. in Edo, Japan
worked in Japan)
Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門, publisher
Kaoyo: a glimpse of the moon (Kaoyo kaimami no tsuki); One-hundred phases of the moon; Tsuki hyakushi; Tsuki hyakushi, 1886
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 33 x 22.2 cm (13 x 8 3/4 inches)
Gift of Isaac C. Bates 97.016

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