Photo provided courtesy of the United States Library of Congress.
Hitotsuya no tsuki
Hitotsuya no tsuki
1 print : woodcut, color ; 28 x 16.2 cm.
Print shows an old woman holding a small firebrand or torch as she sneaks around the corner at the entrance to a room in a lonely, isolated house, with the moon shining in the background.
- Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.
- From the series: Tsuki hyaku shi : 100 aspects of the moon.
- Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, trimmed.
- Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
- Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915
- Older people--Japan--1880-1890.
- Demons--1880-1890.
- Loneliness--1880-1890.
- Fairy tales--1880-1890.
- Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1880-1890.
- Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1880-1890.
Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist
Moon over a single dwelling.
