Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892) – Moon of the Lonely House

Original woodblock print. The first edition of this design was published in 1890. The current print was printed in the late 19th century, or early 20th century.

Publisher: Akiyama Buemon
Series: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Image size (excluding margins): 32.2 * 22.3 cm (12.7 * 8.8 in).

The print is in good state. The paper has aged. There is a spot a little above the lower margin, slightly to the left of the middle. There is a very tiny hole in the lower left of the image, with a diameter of less then 1mm, but detectable when holding the print against bright light. On the back there is a note in pencil and remnants of an earlier mounting remain.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 – 1892) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. He worked in a time when modern techniques like photography where diminishing the importance of woodblock prints as a medium, but kept innovating and helped to succeed in keeping woodblock printing alive. While doing this, he produced some of the best prints of his era. His most well known series are One Hundred Aspects of the Moon and New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts.

See an overview of Yoshitoshi Tsukioka's woodblock prints