| Maker(s): | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Akiyama Buemon (publisher)
| | Culture: | Japanese (1839-1892)
| | Title: | Tsuki no monogurui: Fumihiroge [Lunacy: Unrolling Letters (The Crescent Moon)], from the series Tsuki hyakushi [One hundred aspects of the moon]
| | Date Made: | 1889
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 14 11/16 in x 9 15/16 in; 37.3 cm x 25.2 cm; Image: 13 1/16 in x 8 7/8 in; 33.2 cm x 22.5 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink in pink cartouche, within image): [Japanese character, Tsuki hyakushi]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink in square cartouche, within image): [Japanese character, Tsuki no / mono / gurui / fumihiroge]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink, within image): [Japanese character, Yoshitoshi]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red in, within image): [Japanese character, Taiso]; DATE: recto, lwr. r. (red ink): [Japanese character, Meiji nijuni nen gatsu nichi insatsu / [ill.] nen gatsu nichi shuppan]; SEAL: recto, lwr. r. (black ink, within image): [Japanese character, Yamamoto to]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, Nihonbashi-ku Muromachi san-chome ku-banchi / insatsu [ill.] hakko-sha Akiyama Buemon]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, [ill.] do].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1949.68.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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