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Hōzō Temple: the Moon’s Invention

Hōzō Temple: the Moon’s Invention

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

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Title	Hōzō Temple: the Moon’s Invention Hōzō-in tsuki no hatsumei 寶蔵院つきの發明
Series title	One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 月百姿
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date	6/1891
Publisher	Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) 秋山武右衛門 (滑稽堂)
Woodcarver	Yoshihisa 義久
City	Edo

Signature	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal	Kai 魁
Publisher’s seal(s)	kokkeidō こっけい堂
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	Yoshihisa tō 義久刀
Inscription	明治廿四年六月　日印刷 Meiji nijūyon nen roku gatsu [blanco] nichi insatsu Printed in Meiji year 24 month 6 day [blank] 仝　年仝月　日出版 dōjō nen dōjō gatsu [blanco] nichi shuppan Published in same year same month 日本橋區室町三丁目九番地 Nihonbashi-ku Muromachi-chō 3-chōme 9-banchi (publisher’s address) (partly cropped) 印刷兼発行者秋山武右衛門 insatsu-ken-hakkōsha Akiyama Buemon printer-and-publisher Akiyama Buemon (completely cropped)

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

Object number	SH2018-DM-090
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma