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Moon in the Licensed Quarter

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Title Moon in the Licensed Quarter Kuruwa no tsuki 廓の月
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

Width 25,5 cm
Height 36,5 cm
Object number SH2018-DM-083
Credit Line Collection Japan Museum SieboldHuis, gift of Muck and Mieke Douma, 2018