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The Moon's Four Strings

The Moon's Four Strings

Artist (Japanese, 1839-1892)
CultureJapanese
Date1891
Mediumcolor woodblock print on paper
Dimensionssheet: 14 × 9 7/16 in. (35.6 × 24 cm)
Classificationsprints
Credit LineThe Gene and Susan Roberts Collection
Object number2024.53.143
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The Moon’s Four Strings (Tsuki no yotsu no o) - Semimaru, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
The Moon’s Four Strings (Tsuki no yotsu no o) - Semimaru, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1891
The moon's inner vision (shinkan no tsuki) - Taira No Tomoume, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
The moon's inner vision (shinkan no tsuki) - Taira No Tomoume, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1886
The moon's invention - Hōzō temple, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
The moon's invention - Hōzō temple, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1891
Report of the People Living in Perfect Contentment (Denbun banmin kofuku): Empress and Ladies-in-Waiting Making Cotton Strings to Aid Wounded Troops in the Kagoshima Rebellion
Report of the People Living in Perfect Contentment (Denbun banmin kofuku): Empress and Ladies-in-Waiting Making Cotton Strings to Aid Wounded Troops in the Kagoshima Rebellion
Utagawa Fusatane
1877
The moon glimmers like bright snow / and plum blossoms appear like reflected stars / ah! the golden mirror of the moon passes overhead / as fragrance from the jade chamber fills the garden - Sugawara no Michizane, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
The moon glimmers like bright snow / and plum blossoms appear like reflected stars / ah! the golden mirror of the moon passes overhead / as fragrance from the jade chamber fills the garden - Sugawara no Michizane, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1886
Takakura Moon (Takakura no tsuki) - Hasebe Nobutsura, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Takakura Moon (Takakura no tsuki) - Hasebe Nobutsura, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1886
I wish I had gone to bed immediately / but now the night has passed / and I watch the moon descend, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
I wish I had gone to bed immediately / but now the night has passed / and I watch the moon descend, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1887
Hazy-night Moon - Kumasaka, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Hazy-night Moon - Kumasaka, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1887
In the midst of glimmering whiteness / among the night's moon-shadows / I part the snow and pluck plum blossoms - Kintō, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
In the midst of glimmering whiteness / among the night's moon-shadows / I part the snow and pluck plum blossoms - Kintō, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1887
The night is still and a hundred flowers are fragrant in the western palace / she orders the screen to be rolled up, regretting the passing of spring / with the yunhe across her lap she gazes at the moon / the colors of the trees are hazy in the indistinct moonlight - Wang Changling, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
The night is still and a hundred flowers are fragrant in the western palace / she orders the screen to be rolled up, regretting the passing of spring / with the yunhe across her lap she gazes at the moon / the colors of the trees are hazy in the indistinct moonlight - Wang Changling, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1887
Usually I dislike a cloudy sky / tonight I realize that a cloudy sky / makes me appreciate the light of the moon - Gen'i, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
Usually I dislike a cloudy sky / tonight I realize that a cloudy sky / makes me appreciate the light of the moon - Gen'i, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1887
Received Back into Moon Palace - Bamboo Cutter, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Received Back into Moon Palace - Bamboo Cutter, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1888