YOSHITOSHI, Tsukioka  
YOSHITOSHI, Tsukioka (1839 - 1892)
 

The poetess Akazome Emon, standing in an open doorway unable to sleep.
The poem in the inset reads: “I wish I had gone to bed immediately, but now the night has passed, and I watch the moon descent.”

 
Signed: Yoshitoshi seal: Taiso
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon Engraver: Enkatsu
Date: 6th of January, 1887
Good impression (blind-printing), colours and condition, slightly trimmed at left. Lit.: Stevenson nr. 44.
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