Fukami Jikyū, from the series Tsuki Hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Fukami Jikyū, from the series Tsuki Hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon), 1887, June 23rd, 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, 83.44.29
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- Title
Fukami Jikyū, from the series Tsuki Hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
- Related Titles
original language: 深見自休
series (original language): 月百姿
series (translated): One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
series (transliterated): Tsuki hyakushi
transliterated: Fukami Jikyū
- Artist
- Related People
carver: Noguchi Enkatsu (Japanese, 1826-1893)
publisher: Akiyama Bu'emon (Japanese, active Tokyo ca. 1882-1920s)
- Date
1887, June 23rd
- Period
Japan: Meiji period (1868-1912)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Stevenson 1992, no. 55
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 12 15/16 in x 8 7/8 in; sheet: 13 15/16 in x 9 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
publisher's mark: 日本橋区室町三丁目九バンチ // 画工兼出版人秋山武右衛門 / こつけい堂 [trimmed], printed in red ink, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Nihonbashi-ku Muromachi san-chōme kyū-banchi // gakō-ken-shuppanjin Akiyama Buemon / Kokkeidō (artist-publisher Akiyama Buemon [at address:] Nishonbashi-ku Muromachi 3-chōme 9-banchi [firm] Kokkeidō) Language: Japanese Description: Mostly trimmed from this print
date; censor's mark: 御届明治廿年六月廿三日 / 組合 / 証 [trimmed], printed in red ink, left margin, center Transliteration (Translation): otodoke Meiji jū-nen roku-gatsu mikka / kumiai / akashi (registered Meiji 20 [1887] June 23rd; association certified) Language: Japanese Description: Mostly trimmed from this print
carver's mark: 圓活刀, printed in black ink, bottom left Transliteration (Translation): Enkatsu tō ([seal of the carver Noguchi Enkatsu 野口円活]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo-Tokyo carver, 1826-1893.
title; inscription: 深見自休 // 名月や // 来て見よかしの // ひたい際, printed in black ink within square cartouche on reserve ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Fukami Jikyū // meigetsu ya // kitemiyo gashi no // hitai giwa (The full moon coming with a challenge to flaunt its beautiful brow [by] Fuamki Jikyū) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Fukami Jikyū. Translation by John Stevenson.
series title: 月百姿, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on pink ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon) Language: Japanese
artist's seal: 芳年, printed in red intaglio within oval cartouche, lower 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
83.44.29
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2007 In Winter, Silk Linings: The Kimono in Print Portland Art Museum
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
