Tsuki kagayakite seisetsu no gotoshi/baika wa shusei ni niru/awaremubeshi kinkyo tenzu/teijo gyokubo no kaori.
“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.”
Original colour woodblock print from the series Tsuki hyakushi 月百姿 -
“One Hundred Aspects of the Moon”. Signature: Yoshitoshi. Seal: Taiso. Publisher: Akiyama Buemon. Engraver: Yamamoto. Edition: 1886.
OBAN 37 x 25 cm
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 歌川広重 (1797 – 1858)
“Plover above waves”- Nami ni chidori. Original colour woodblock print. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal: Ichiryusai. Publisher: Sanoki. Edition: late1830es.
CHU-TANZAKU 35,4 x 11,8 CM