Moon of Enlightenment (Godo no tsuki), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)"

"Moon of Enlightenment" (Godo no tsuki, 1881) from "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" depicts a Buddhist monk or practitioner in a moment of spiritual breakthrough, the moon serving as a traditional Zen metaphor for enlightenment—the "finger pointing at the moon" of classical teaching. Yoshitoshi, who had personal familiarity with mental breakdown and recovery, invested the series' religious imagery with unusual psychological depth. The print's 1881 date makes it among the earliest in the series, before it became his most celebrated achievement.