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Moon in the Licensed Quarter

Moon in the Licensed Quarter

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

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Title	Moon in the Licensed Quarter Kuruwa no tsuki 廓の月
Series title	One Hundred Aspects of the Moon 月百姿
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date	3/1886
Publisher	Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) 秋山武右衛門 (滑稽堂)
Woodcarver	Noguchi Enkatsu 野口圓活
City	Edo

Signature	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Publisher’s seal(s)	Enkatsu tō 円活刀
Inscription	Inscription: (in left margin) 御届明治十九年三月　日 otodoke Meiji jūkyū nen sangatsu [blank] nichi Submitted Meiji year 19, month 3, day [blank] 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* 日本バシ室町三丁目九バンチ Nihonbashi Muromachi-chō 3-chōme 9-banchi (publisher’s address) 版元秋山武右衛門 hanmoto Akiyama Buemon Publisher: Akiyama Buemon [sealed:] 組合証 kumiai akashi Guild Certified *Yonejirō is Yoshitoshi’s birth name

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

Object number	SH2018-DM-083
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma