TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) SIX TRIPTYCHS AND SEVENTEEN ONE HUNDRED ASPECTS OF THE MOON PRINTS , MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892) 

SIX TRIPTYCHS AND SEVENTEEN ONE HUNDRED ASPECTS OF THE MOON PRINTS

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19^TH CENTURY)

Six triptych woodblock print, comprising:

- The play Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, censor's seal Fuku (Fukushima Giemon) and Muramatsu (Muramatsu Genroku), circa 1849-53

- The actors Otani Tomoemon V, Nakamura Shikan IV and Sawamura Tossho II in the roles of Adachi Motoemon, Adachi Yasuke, and Hayase Iori, each sheet signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu, and with artist's paulownia seal, censor's seal aratame, published by Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudo), 4^th month 1867

- Fudo Myoo Threatening a Novice, signed on the left sheet Yoshitoshi, with artist’s seal Taiso, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1885

- Outlaws Captured at Uryu Harbour, from the series Annals of the Meiji Period (Meiji kosho nenkn kiji), signed Oju Yoshitoshi ga, published by Okura Magobei, 1876

- Sanada Yukimura hunting for Tokugawa Ieyasu in the snow, from the series Osaka War Chronicles (Osaka gunki), censor's seal kiwame, signed Oju Yoshitoshi, published by Maruya Tetsujiro, 1873 

- Fallen Cherry Blossoms in the Snow by Edo Waters (Kosui sanka no yuki), signed Oju Taiso Yoshitoshi, publisher's mark Rokkaen kura ban, circa 1874

Together with:

- Seventeen woodblock prints, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), including the table of contents, each signed Yoshitoshi, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), comprising:

Sugawara no Michizane, 1886

Fukami Jikyu, 1887

Mount Otowa Moon (Otowayama no tsuki), 1886

Mount Ji Ming Moon (Keimeizan no tsuki), 1887

Monkey-music Moon (Sarugaku no tsuki), 1891

Moon of Enlightenment (Godo no tsuki), 1888

An Iron Cauldron in the Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), 1886

Kazan Temple Moon (Kazanji no tsuki), 1890

Ariko no Naishi, 1886

The Moon’s Inner Vision (Shinkan no tsuki), 1886

Sumiyoshi Full Moon (Sumiyoshi no meigetsu), 1887

Huai River Moon: Wu Zixu (Waisui no tsuki, Goshisho), 1887

Hazy Night Moon (Oboroyo no tsuki), 1887

Moon on the Sumida River, 1891

Moon of the Southern Sea (Nankai no tsuki), 1888

In the Moonlight under the Trees a Beautiful Woman Appears (Getsumei rinka bijin majiru), 1888

Katada Bay Moon (Katadaura no tsuki), 1888

The first to sixth, each a vertical oban triptych; the seventh to the twenty-third each a vertical oban: 

The first: each sheet approx. 34.4 x 24.6 cm., 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.

The second: each sheet approx. 36.4 x 24 cm., 14⅜ x 9 1/2 in. 

The third: each sheet approx. 36.7 x 24.9 cm., 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. 

The fourth: each sheet approx. 35.6 x 24.6 cm., 14 x 9 3/4 in. 

The fifth: each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.2 cm., 14⅝ x 9⅞ in. 

The sixth: each sheet approx. 37 x 24.9 cm., 14⅝ x 9 3/4 in. 

The seventh to the twenty-third: each approx. 35.6 x 25.6 cm., 14 x 10⅛ in.