Woodblock print (reprint) – Published by Nihon bijutsu gakai hangabu 日本美術画会版画部 – Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) – ‘Enchū no tsuki’ 煙中月 (Moon and Smoke – Edo Firemen) – From the series “Tsuki hyakushi” 月百姿 (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon) – Japan – circa 1970

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Woodblock print (reprint) – Published by Nihon bijutsu gakai hangabu 日本美術画会版画部 – Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) – ‘Enchū no tsuki’ 煙中月 (Moon and Smoke – Edo Firemen) – From the series “Tsuki hyakushi” 月百姿 (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon) – Japan – circa 1970

Woodblock print – Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839-1892)
Moon and Smoke (Edo Firemen) – (Enchû no tsuki)
From the series “One Hundred Aspects of the Moon” (Tsuki hyakushi)

Carver: Maeda Kentarō 前田謙太郎

Printer: Tanaka Sakuji 田中作治

See Harvard Art Museums: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/320321

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年 1839 – 1892) was a Japanese artist.
He is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
He is also regarded as one of the form’s greatest innovators.