DepartmentAsia

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Prostitute Strolling by Moonlight

NameWoodblock Print

Maker Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

CultureJapanese

Date1887

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.2001.21.49

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100 Aspects of the Moon

DescriptionLike reflections in the rice-paddies
the faces of the streetwalkers in the darkness
are exposed by the autumn moonlight - Hitotose
Single female figure walking along a river. Robe is black with tan under robe. She has blue headscarf held in her teeth against the breezes. She holds a grass mat in her arms. Moon partially hidden by clouds.