Chofu Village Moon
- Series:
- One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (print 56 of 100)
- Date:
- 1891
- Medium:
- Woodblock Print
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
A full moon glows pale in a dusky grey-blue sky above a curving shoreline, with a thatched-roof structure and dark shrubs at right and a fenced enclosure behind it. Two figures pound rice in a wooden mortar with long-handled mallets — one in a blue robe with a matching headscarf, the other bare-chested in pale trousers, bent forward mid-motion — while a round mat or basket lies on the sand nearby. The palette is muted throughout (soft blues, greys, and beige) except for the vermillion text cartouche and seal at upper right, giving the scene a quiet, twilight stillness.
More Prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
More Moonlight Prints
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
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Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Matsushima in Moonlight (Tsuki no Matsushima)
1919
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Kiyozumi Garden in Moonlight
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
Chofu Village Moon was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1891.
Yes — Chofu Village Moon is part of the One Hundred Aspects of the Moon series (print 56 of 100) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Chofu Village Moon depicts moonlight, night scenes, and village scenes.