Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu
Title: Moon at Mt Miyaji in Owari province
Date: 1884
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Monday, 18 April 2005 Title Owari - Setsu Getsu Ka Artist Chikanobu Toyohara 1838-1912 Signature yoshu Chikanobu hitsu Seal toshidama Dated 1884 Publisher Kobayashi Tetsujiro Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression very good … blind printing Colors very good Condition very good … light toning, lower area slightly creased, lower margin trimmed, not backed. Description From the series, "Setsu Getsu Ka" (Snow Flower Moon), one of Chikanobu's best series. No.19. Moon at Mt.Miyaji in Owari province. Daijo daijin (equivalent to prime minister) Moronaga is playing "biwa" and enjoying the fine autumn colors on Mt. Miyaji. A beautiful woman appeared and recited songs with his biwa tune. When Moronaga looked at her, she suddenly changed her appearance to a monster and told him that she was "Suijin" (the water god) and disappeared. Very finely embossed monster face on the upper inset. Format Oban tate-e Width 9.5 inches = 24.1 cm Height 13.9 inches = 35.2 cm
