Sugiwara no Michizane

(in title cartouche)

月輝如晴雪　梅花似照星　可憐金鏡轉　庭上玉房馨

The moon glimmers like bright snow, and plum blossoms appear like reflected stars

Ah! the golden mirror of the moon passes overhead, as fragrance from the jade chamber fills the garden

(in left margin)

御届明治　年　月　日 otodoke Meiji [blank] nen [blank] gatsu [blank] nichi Submitted Meiji year [blank], month [blank] 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