Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
A hunched old woman in a lonely old dilapidated house is peering around the corner with a torch to see whether her prospective murder victim is asleep. A scene from the old japanese horror story "Onibaba", also known as "The old hag of Adachigahara".
Title: Hitotsuya no tsuki (The Moon of the Lonely House)
Series: Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
Signature: Yoshitoshi
Seal: Taiso
Engraver: Yamamoto
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon, Tokyo
Date: Meiji 23 (1890)
Size: Vertical Oban, 32,8 x 22,3 cm (image size)
Excellent impression and colour, with gaufrage (blind printing). Retains old album backing. Very faint creasing in bottom area, otherwise excellent condition.
Cf.: Stevenson, Yoshitoshi’s one hundred aspects of the moon, No. 68 (Ill.). Van den Ing/Schaap, Beauty & Violence, No. 54.84
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