Moonlight Views of the Eastern Capital

(Tôto tsuki no meisho, 東都月の名所)

Publisher: Kawachi-ya Chôzô

c. 1840

 

Tokyo (then called Edo) was the Eastern Capital, where the shogun lived.  The emperor lived in Kyoto, the Western Capital.  This series shows beautiful women with scenes of Edo.  The series is listed as number 87 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).  The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

 

Kuniyoshi - Moonlight Views of the Eastern Capitol (Tôto tsuki no meisho, R87), cc

 

Title: Moon at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku no tsuki, 両国の月)

Description: Beauty with cat

 

Kuniyoshi - Noted Spots for Moon-viewing in the Eastern Capital (Tôto tsuki no meisho), Moon at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku no tsuki),

 

Another state of the above print

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Yet another state

Kuniyoshi - Moonlight views of the Eastern Capitol, courtesan on parade in her Spring finery with view of the Sumidagawa behind her

 

Title: Spring Moon over the Sumida Riverbank (墨田堤の春比月)

Description: Courtesan on parade in her spring finery with a view of the Sumida River behind her

 

 

Kuniyoshi - Moonlight views of the Eastern Capitol, courtesan on parade in her Spring finery with view of the Sumidagawa behind her

 

Another state of the above design

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this additional state.

 

This print is similar to the above design, but bears the signature of Kunisada (Kôchôrô Kunisada ga, 香蝶楼  国貞  ) and was published by Tsuta-ya Kichizô.  I am grateful to Horst Graebner for the image.

Kuniyoshi - Moonlight views of the Eastern Capitol, Morning moon at Nihonbashi, K662-013

 

Title: Morning moon at Nihonbashi (日本橋の残月)

Description: Beauty with bridge and Mt. Fuji

 

Kuniyoshi - Moonlight Views of the Eastern Capitol, The Almost-full Moon at Masaki (Masaki no nochi no tsuki), from the series Famous Places for Moon-viewing in the Eastern Capital (Tôto tsuki no meisho)

 

Title: The Almost-full Moon at Masaki (Masaki no nochi no tsuki, 真崎の後の月)

Description:

 

Kuniyoshi - Moonlight Views of the Eastern Capitol KUNISADA The Almost-full Moon at Masaki (Masaki no nochi no tsuki), from the series Famous Places for Moon-viewing in the Eastern Capital (Tôto tsuki no meisho)

 

This print is similar to the above design, but bears the signature of Kunisada (Kôchôrô Kunisada ga, 香蝶楼  国貞  ) and was published by Tsuta-ya Kichizô.

 

Title: Crescent Moon at Shinagawa (品川の早月)

Description: Beauty with a walking stick and an umbrella over her shoulder

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this variant of the above design.

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