DepartmentAsia
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Ariko Weeps as her Boat Drifts in the Moonlight
NameWoodblock Print
Maker
Taiso Yoshitoshi
(1839-1892)
CultureJapanese
Date1886
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.2001.21.38
Collections
it would be better for me to sink beneath the waves
perhaps then I could see my man from Moon Capital - Anko
Woman in black robe in boat. She is holding a stringed instrument, her right hand over her eyes. Her robe is designed with wheels and flowers. The moon shines over the water in a path.
mid-20th century
A summer day in 1862
