| Maker(s): | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Akiyama Buemon (publisher)
| | Culture: | Japanese (1839-1892)
| | Title: | Asanogawa seisetsu no tsuki: Kojo Chikako [Moon of Pure Snow at Asano River: the Filial Daughter Chikako], from the series Tsuki hyakushi [One hundred aspects of the moon]
| | Date Made: | December 1885
| | 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 in x 8 7/8 in; 33 cm x 22.5 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, ctr. r. (black ink in pink cartouche, within image): [Japanese character, Tsuki hyakushi]; TITLE: recto, ctr. r. (black ink in square cartouche, within image): [Japanese character, Asanogawa / seisetsu no tsuki / Kojo Chicako]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink, within image): [Japanese character, Yoshitoshi]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink, within image): [Japanese character, Yoshitoshi]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, Asakusa Sugacho machi ni banchi / Gako Tsukiyoka Yonejiro]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, Nihonbashi Muromachi san-chome ku-banchi / hanmoto Akiyama Buemon]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (black ink, within image): [Japanese character, Choko (or horiko) Enkatsu]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, kumi do]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1949.69.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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