Japanese Woodblock Prints

Yoshitoshi (1839 – 1892)
The Moon at High Tide
Series: One Hundred Views of the Moon
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1892
Size (H x W): 14.5 x 10 (inches)
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido)
Seals: Yoshitoshi, Enkatsu to
Signature: Yoshitoshi
Condition: Very good color and impression, faint soiling on margins, embellished with karazuri (embossing) and metallic pigment.
$980.00 ( listed on Ron Gallery)

Description: In the popular 15th-century noh play Takasago, a Shinto priest meets an old couple using a broom and a rake to tidy the ground beneath a pine tree. They reveal themselves to be the spirits of two famous pine trees, one at Takasago, and one in Sumiyoshi.