Yoshitoshi Tsukioka japanese Woodblock print - hundred aspects moon

A Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Woodblock print from the series 100 aspect of the moon. Beautifull embossed title cartouche. Title : POEM BY HITOTOSE The young woman depicted here is a tsujigimi ('mistress of the street corner'); the lowest class of prostitute who had to roam the streets looking for trade. Tsujigimi were usually older women who would wear heavy white make-up to make themselves appear younger, who would also wear black kimono, cover their heads with tenugui (hand cloths) and carry a straw mat ready to be rolled-out when required. However, although the woman in the present print is dressed as a typical tsujigimi, Yoshitoshi depicts the woman as young and beautiful. The poem in the square cartouche has been translated as: 'Like reflections in the rice-paddies, the faces of streetwalkers in the darkness, are exposed by the autumn moonlight'. This is the Showa edition, publisher detail are in the back. Oban size Because of the new US tariffs I have to use UPS for the US shipping, you will have to pay the import taxes calculated by the border.