Meiji prints
| Design: | Yōshū Chikanobu (1838-1912) | |||||
| Series title: | Seven days of the week | |||||
| Print title: | Monday - Autumn moon over the Sumida river (right) | |||||
| Size: | 35.6 x 23.5 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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A simultaneous view of the prints in this triptych can be seen here.
Series and print title in white cartouche in top right area of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 七 | shichi | seven | |
| 曜 | yō | day of the week | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 内 | nai | inside | Seven days of the week |
| 月 | getsu | moon | |
| 隅 | sumi | corner | |
| 田 | ta | rice field | |
| 川 | kawa | river | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 秋 | aki | autumn | Monday - |
| の | no | ’s | Autumn moon |
| 月 | tsuki | moon | over the Sumida river |
References
- Newland, Amy, and Uhlenbeck, Chris, Eds. (1990). Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga. New York: Mallard Press.
- Stephens, Amy (1993). The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection. London: Bamboo Publishing.
Provenance: An auction held in June 2015 by the Floating World gallery