Inabayama no tsuki (Inaba Mountain Moon), from the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Inabayama no tsuki (Inaba Mountain Moon), from the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon), 1885, December 10th, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council and the Margery Hoffman Smith Fund, public domain, 83.44.89
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- Title
Inabayama no tsuki (Inaba Mountain Moon), from the series Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)
- Related Titles
original language: 稲葉山の月
series (original language): 月百姿
series (translated): One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
series (transliterated): Tsuki hyakushi
translated: Inaba Mountain Moon
transliterated: Inabayama no tsuki
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Akiyama Bu'emon (Japanese, active Tokyo ca. 1882-1920s)
- Date
1885, December 10th
- Period
Japan: Meiji period (1868-1912)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Stevenson 1992, no. 7
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 1/8 in x 8 7/8 in; sheet: 14 in x 9 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
publisher's mark; censor's mark: 日本バシ室町三丁目九バンチ // 組合 / 証, printed in brown ink; printed in brown intaglio within square cartouche; printed in brown relief within square cartouche, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Nihonbashi Muromachi san-chōme kyū-banchi // kumiai / akashi ([at address:] Nishonbashi Muromachi 3-chōme 9-banchi; association certified) Language: Japanese Description: Partially trimmed seal of the publisher Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門; Edo-Tokyo publisher, firm Kokkeidō 滑稽堂 active ca. 1882-1920s.
carver's mark: 山本刀, printed in black ink within oval cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Yamamoto tō ([seal of the carver Yamamoto Shinji 山本信司]) Language: Japanese
artist's seal: 浅草須賀町二バンチ, printed in brown ink, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Asakusa Suga-chō ni-banchi ([at address:] Asakusa Suga-chō 2-banchi) Language: Japanese Description: Partially trimmed seal of the artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
artist's seal: 芳年之印, printed in red intaglio within square cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Yoshitoshi no in (seal of Yoshitoshi) Language: Japanese
signature: 芳年, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration: Yoshitoshi Language: Japanese
title: 稲葉山の // 月, printed in black ink within square cartouche on reserve ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Inabayama no // tsuki (Inaba Mountain Moon) Language: Japanese
series title: 月百姿, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on pink ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Tsuki hyakushi (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council and the Margery Hoffman Smith Fund
- Accession Number
83.44.89
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Oda Nobunaga, lord of a small fief in Owari province, had been trying for years to expand his territory into neighboring Mino, but the fortress of Mount Inaba barred his way. Success came in 1567, thanks to the clever ploy of one of his captains, Hideyoshi (1536–1598). With a few hand-picked men, Hideyoshi scaled the steep cliff on the mountain’s north face to infiltrate the fortress from the rear. They set fire to the powder magazine and admitted Nobunaga's army through the front gate.
The conquest of Mino was the first step toward Nobunaga's unification of the country and marked the beginning of Hideyoshi's own meteoric rise. In this brilliant design, the full moon of August rises low on the horizon, emphasizing the height of Mount Inaba.
- Exhibitions
2013 Legendary Samurai Portland Art Museum
