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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketDawn Moon of the Shinto rites![]() Size: 35.0cm by 24.5cm (13.78 in by 9.65 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Era: Meiji | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: ![]() Description: This is from Yoshitoshi's popular series 'One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.', a total of 100 large nishiki-e prints, all of which were based on moon-related scenes from Japanese and Chinese stories, poems, and songs, took eight years to complete. The print illustrates the Sanno Festival, a celebration every June coordinated around a Shinto full moon ritual. The festival included parades and bright costumed figures of the natural gods. This is a scene when a float with a dancer impersonating the Dragon King, preceded by another float with a crowing rooster on a drum, was passing Edo castle. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are faint red stains in the left margin, where the print must have been stacked tightly together with another item for many years, allowing some pigment to transfer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (104) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (19) contemporary (17) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (70) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (4) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (14) Yoshida family prints (40) Doi Hanga prints (15) Miyakodori prints (11) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (59) kacho-e (25) yakusha-e (22) landscape (114) bijin-ga (76) kuchi-e (2) contemporary (4) set (38) books (4) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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