Tsuki no yotsu no o, Semimaru (The Moon's Four Strings, Semimaru), from the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Tsuki no yotsu no o, Semimaru (The Moon's Four Strings, Semimaru), from the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon), 1891, August, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council and the Margery Hoffman Smith Fund, public domain, 83.44.100
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- Title
Tsuki no yotsu no o, Semimaru (The Moon's Four Strings, Semimaru), from the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
- Related Titles
original language: 月の四の 蝉丸
series (original language): 月百姿
series (translated): One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
series (transliterated): Tsuki hyakushi
translated: The Moon's Four Strings, Semimaru
transliterated: Tsuki no yotsu no o, Semimaru
- Artist
- Related People
carver: Yamawaki Yoshihisa (Japanese, active Meiji period (1868-1912))
publisher: Akiyama Bu'emon (Japanese, active Tokyo ca. 1882-1920s)
- Date
1891, August
- Period
Japan: Meiji period (1868-1912)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill 2011, cat. 127a; Stevenson 1992, no. 98
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 1/8 in x 8 7/8 in; sheet: 14 in x 9 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
carver's mark: 義久刀, printed in black, bottom left Transliteration (Translation): Yoshihisa tō ([seal of the carver Yamawaki Yoshihisa 山脇義久]) Language: Japanese Description: Tokyo carver, dates unknown.
title: 蝉丸 // 月の四之, printed in black ink within square cartouche on reserve ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Semimaru // Tsuki no yotsu no o (Semimaru, The Moon's Four Strings) Language: Japanese
series title: つきの百姿, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on pink ground, top right Transliteration (Translation): Tsuki no hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon) Language: Japanese Description: The series title here is rendered in hentaigana, a phonetic substitution for the usual characters in the title (月百姿)
date: 明治廿四年八月 日印刷 // 仝年仝月 日出版, printed in brown ink, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Meiji jūyon-nen hachi-gatsu nichi insatsu // dōjō nen dōjō gatsu nichi shuppan (printed Meiji 24 [1891] August; pubilshed the same year and month) Language: Japanese
publisher's mark: 日本橋区室町三丁目九番地 // 印刷兼発行者 秋山武右衛門 / こっけい堂, printed in brown ink; printed in brown relief within oval cartouche, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Nihonmachi-ku Muromachi san-chōme kyū-banchi // insatsu-ken-hakkōsha Akiyama Buemon / Kokkeidō (printer-publisher Akiyama Buemon [at address:] Nihonbashi-ku Muromachi san-chōme kyū-banchi [firm] Kokkeidō) Language: Japanese Description: Edo-Tokyo publisher, firm Kokkeidō 滑稽堂 active ca. 1882-1920s.
artist's seal: 芳年, printed in red relief within oval cartouche, bottom right Transliteration: Yoshitoshi Language: Japanese
signature: 芳年, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration: Yoshitoshi Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council and the Margery Hoffman Smith Fund
- Accession Number
83.44.100
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
