Various | Twelve woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

The Sokolov Collection

Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832) Utagawa Yoshimori (1830-1885) Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Utagawa Yoshitaki (1841-1899)

Twelve woodblock prints

Edo - Meiji period, 19^th century

each a woodblock print, and comprising:

- Pleasure is this to lie cool under the moonflower bower (Tanoshimi wa yugaodana no yusuzumi), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed and sealed Yoshitoshi, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1886

- Moon of Pure Snow at Asano River: Chikako, the Filial Daughter (Asanogawa seisetsu no tsuki, Kojo Chikako), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed and sealed Yoshitoshi, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1885

- The Moon and the Abandoned Old Woman (Obasute no tsuki), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1891

- Poem by Hitose, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1887

- Shinobugaoka Moon: Gyokuensai (Shinobugaoka no tsuki, Gyokuensai), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1889

- Moon of Enlightenment (Godo no tsuki), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1888

- Moon and Smoke (Enchu no tsuki), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1886

- The Moon over the Moor: Yasumasa (Harano no tsuki, Yasumasa), from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi), signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Taiso, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido), 1888

- The courtesan Kotozuru-dayu of the Tsuruya house in Asazumabune, from the series Costume Parade of the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka (Osaka Shinmachi nerimono), signed Toto Yanagawa Shigenobu, sealed Yanagawa, 6^th month 1822

- The courtesan Hinazuru-dayu of the Naka-Ogiya house as Shide (Jittoku), from the series Costume Parade of the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka (Osaka Shinmachi nerimono), signed Toto Yanagawa Shigenobu, sealed Yanagawa, 6^th month 1822

- The courtesan Koina of the Inamato-ro house, from the series An Assortment of Beauties of the Highest Popularity (Enshoku zensei soroi), signed Ikkosai Yoshimori ga, censor's seal aratame (certified), published by Joshuya Kinzo (Shofukudo), 3^rd month 1864

- Flowers (Hana), from the series A Parody of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Mitate setsugekka no uchi), signed Yoshitaki, circa 1850s 

37 x 25 cm., 14⅝ x 9⅞ in. (the first)

35.3 x 24.5 cm. 10 x 9⅝ in. (the second)

36 x 23.7 cm., 14¼ x 9⅜ in. (the third)

35.5 x 23.3 cm., 14 x 9¼ in. (the fourth)

35.5 x 24.3 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the fifth)

34.5 x 29 m., 13⅝ x 11½ in. (the sixth)

37 x 25.6 cm., 14⅝ x 10⅛ in. (the seventh)

35.5 x 24 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the eighth)

37.5 x 25.3 cm., 14¾ x 10 in. (the ninth)

38.5 x 26.5 cm., 15⅛ x 10½ in. (the tenth)

35.5 x 24 cm., 14 x 9½ in. (the eleventh)

36.5 x 24 cm., 14⅜ x 9½ in. (the twelfth)