https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/78441/fullMoon over Chofu village. No. 96 from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon1891Woodblock printGift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson2000.156.0060Signed: Yoshitoshi; No. 92 from the series: 100 Aspects of the MoonPrints20531936816Tsukioka YoshitoshiThe village of Chofu in Musashi province was located along one of the six Jewel Rivers, immortalized in a series of poems. Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241) composed the poem for the river at Chofu:
At Tatsukuri morning dewdrops
lie in shining strings
on cloth spread out for bleaching
Jewel River village
Yoshitoshi made several prints in this series that refer to the sound of pounding cloth in the moonlight, with its sad associations of a woman waiting for her distant husband to return.
(“Moon," curated by Ellen Avril and presented at the Johnson Museum August 25, 2018-January 13, 2019)
Meiji period (1868-1912)2000.156.006_d0538ab_010