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A Beautiful Woman Approaching in Moonlight under the Trees

A Beautiful Woman Approaching in Moonlight under the Trees

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

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Title	A Beautiful Woman Approaching in Moonlight under the Trees Getsumei rinka bijin mairu 月明林下美人来
Series title	One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 月百姿
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date	15/3/1888 (published 19/3)
Publisher	Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) 秋山武右衛門 (滑稽堂)
Woodcarver	Yamamoto Shinji 山本信司
City	Edo

Signature	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal	Taiso 大蘇
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	Yamamoto tō 山本刀
Inscription	(in left margin) 明治廿一年三月十五日印刷 Meiji nijūichi nen san gatsu jūgo nichi insatsu Printed Meiji year 21, month 3, day 15 同　年三月十九日出版 dō nen san gatsu jūkyū nichi shuppan [cropped] Published same year, month 3, day 19 [sealed:] 組合証 kumiai akashi Guild Certified 日本橋区室町三丁目九バンチ Nihonbashi-ku Muromachi-chō 3-chōme 9-banchi (publisher’s address) 著作印刷兼発行者秋山武右衛門 chosaku insatsu ken hakkōsha Akiyama Buemon Writing, printing, and publishing by Akiyama Buemon [cropped]

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

Object number	SH2018-DM-086
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma