Catalog record · 目録番号 57679

Asanogawa seisetsu no tsuki (Moon of pure snow at Asano river - Chikako, the filial daughter)

Asanogawa seisetsu no tsuki (Moon of pure snow at Asano river - Chikako, the filial daughter) / Tsuki hyaku sugata 月百姿 (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon)

Artist / 作者: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代: 1885
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1138 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print. The daughter of an incarcerated businessman commits suicide by jumping into the Asano river to demonstrate her sincerity; two egrets in the foreground.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · December 1885 · bm

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