100 Aspects of the Moon # 85 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Taiso) (1839-1892)

Woodblock Prints Title: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon # 85 Moon of the Lonely House (Hitotsuya no tsuki)

1st Publication: April 1890

Size: Oban; 13-1/2" x 9-1/4" (34 x 23.5 cm)

Date of this edition: April 1890

Publisher: Akiyama Buemon.

Condition: a few thin areas repaired, else very fine. Very good colors, impression, and overall condition.

More about this print: The woman holding the torch in this 1890 design is serving a lord who has a strange disease that can only be cured with the blood of unborn children. Here the old hag presumably is checking on a victim that is being suspended from the ceiling of her house. An echo from Yoshitoshi's gruesome - and possibly banned - 1885 diptych "The Lonely House on Adachi Moor"

Pictures: Pictures are taken outdoor, in the shade, to reflect true colors, without any enhancements of any kind. The last picture is taken indoor, with a light behind the print, to reveal the exact paper grain, holes if any, or other possible flaws.