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Tsunenobu

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Title Tsunenobu Tsunenobu 経信
Date 1/1886
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 no in 芳年之印
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) Enkatsu tō 円活刀
Inscription

(in title cartouche)

から衣　うつ聲きけは　月きよみ　またねぬ人を　そらにしるかな　経信

Karakoromo / utsu koe kikeba / tsuki kiyomi / mada nenu hito o / sora ni shiru kana　—Tsunenobu

I hear the sound / of cloth being pounded / as the moon shines serenely / and I understand that there is someone else / who has not yet gone to sleep.

—Tsunenobu

(in left margin)

御届明治十九年一月　日 otodoke Meiji jūkyū nen ichi gatsu [blank] nichi Submitted Meiji year 19, month 1, 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 cm
Height 36,5 cm
Object number SH2018-DM-089
Credit Line Collection Japan Museum SieboldHuis, gift of Muck and Mieke Douma, 2018