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| Title |
"Moon of Shinobugaoka" |
| Series |
"One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" ("Tsuki Hyakuhi") |
| Date |
1889 |
| Publisher |
Akiyama Buemon (Tokyo) |
| Carver |
Enkatsu |
| Image Size |
8 3/4 x 13 |
| Impression |
Excellent. Skillful "bokashi" shading to sky, foreground, and tree trunk; "gauffrage" pattern to cartouche and hanging kimono; complex checker-board pattern done via "burnishing" to black samurai's garment (see "Additional Deluxe Printing Techniques"); crisp, highly detailed carving of individual hair-lines. |
| Condition |
Nearly Excellent. Strong colors. (Minor scattered marks and flaws; slight oxidation of orange pigment.) Original Japanese album backing; nearly full margins. |
| Reference/Illus |
Stevenson's "Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" pl #76; Ronin Gallery pl #76, pg 21. |
| Comments |
A touching image. The young samurai Gyokuensai stands motionless beneath a moonlit shower of falling cherry blossoms in Shinobugaoka, which is now Ueno Park in Tokyo. |
| Item # |
CG-920 |
| Price |
$750 (Sold/TQ) |
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