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The Moon of the Milky Way

The Moon of the Milky Way

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

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Title	The Moon of the Milky Way Ginga no tsuki 銀河月
Series title	One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 月百姿
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date	9/1886
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	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	Yamamoto tō 山本刀
Inscription	(in left margin) 御届明治十九年九月　日 Meiji jūkyū nen kyū gatsu [blank] nichi Submitted in Meiji year 19, maand 9, dag [blank] [sealed:] 組合証 kumiai akashi Guild Certified 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* 日本バシ区室町三丁目九バンチ Nihonbashi-ku Muromachi-chō 3-chōme 9-banchi (Publisher’s address) 出版人秋山武右エ門 shuppanjin Akiyama Buemon publisher Akiyama Buemon *Yonejirō was Yoshitoshi’s official name

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

Object number	SH2018-DM-114
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma