DepartmentAsia

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: A Country Couple enjoys the Moonlight with their Infant Son

NameWoodblock Print

Maker Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

CultureJapanese

Date1890

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

Mediumpaper, ink

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 9 in. (36.83 x 22.86 cm)

Credit LineGift from the collection of Else and Joseph Chapman

Object numberA.2001.21.88

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100 Aspects of the Moon

DescriptionPleasure is this
to lie cool under the moonflower bower
the man in his undershirt, the woman in her slip
Couple, man and woman sitting on floor. The man leans back, and a saki bucket and cup at his side. The woman has a blue skirt on. Moon shown through moonflower vine.