Album of 57 sample woodblock prints, "Moonlight Series"

Object Details

• Artist

  Yoshimoto Gesso (1831-1936)

  Arai Yoshimune (1873-1941)

  Takahashi Shotei 高橋松亭 (1870-1945)

  Utagawa Hiroshige III 歌川広重三世 (1843-1894)

  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

  Shoda Koho 庄田耕峰 (1877-1924)

• Publisher

  S. Watanabe Color Print Co.

  Takejiro Hasegawa

• Description

  Accordion-fold album with cloth-bound covers. On the top cover is a paper label inscribed in ink, most probably by Muller: HASEGAWA + WATANABE MOONLIGHT SERIES.

• Inscriptions

  On the top cover is a paper label inscribed in ink, most probably by Muller: HASEGAWA + WATANABE MOONLIGHT SERIES.

  Pg. 1

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "A High Bridge"

  #1241 - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 2

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Rainy Night at Kudan Hill"

  1242- Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 3

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Fishing by Torchlight"

  1245- Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 4

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  1244 - sepia

  Pg. 5

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Evening along the Sumida River"

  1244- blue- Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 6

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  1247 - sepia - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 7

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Lake Biwa, Starry Night"

  1247 blue Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 8

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  1250 - sepia - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 9

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Moonlit Sea"

  1250 - blue - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 10

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Suma Beach by Moonlight

  1252 - sepia - Yoshimune

  Pg. 11

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Suma Beach by moonlight Hasegawa publ.

  1252 - blue - Yoshimune

  Pg. 12

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Senju Bridge" (R-L title)

  ("Ohashi Bridge at Atake")

  1253 Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 13

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Pine Tree at Karasaki"

  1256 - Gesso - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 14

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  1255 - sepia - Hasegawa publisher

  Pg. 15

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Canal by Moonlight"

  ("A country scene")

  1255 - sepia - Hasegawa

  Pg. 16

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Lady by Twilight"

  ("Nihon-sutsumi")

  1257 - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 17

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "A pine tree on the Shore"

  1260 - Hasegawa Publ.

  Pg. 18

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Kominato Bay"

  1261 - Yoshimune - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 19

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Evening at Uyeno Park, Tokyo"

  1248 - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 20

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  1259 - H Under a bridge, full mooon

  Pg. 21

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "A lighthouse"

  1249 - H H

  Pg. 22

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Shore at Shimagawa"

  1254 - H

  Pg. 23

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  (Torii) "Gate at Miyajuna Shrine"

  1251 - H

  Pg. 24

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Futamiga Ura"

  1258 - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 25

  Written in pencil on back of print, presumably by Muller:

  Autumn Evening - Yoshimune

  Pg. 26

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  by Shotei publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 27

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Pagoda by moonlight"

  1243 - H Yeijiro

  Pg. 28

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Shotei - publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 29

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Shotei - publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 30

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Shotei - publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 31

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Hiroshige - publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 32

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  publ. by Watanabe

  Pg. 33

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  publ. by Watanabe

  Pg. 34

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Shotei - publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 35

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Hokusai - publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 36

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Hiroshige - publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 37

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Hiroaki (Shotei) publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 38

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  1302 - Koho - Hasegawa publ.

  Pg. 39

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  1301 - Koho publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 40

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Castle of Akashi in clear weather"

  1300 - Yoshimune publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 41

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Boats at anchor, under crescent moon, at Hojo"

  1299 - Yoshimune publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 42

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Shrine, Gate, and Pagoda at Nikko"

  1298 - Yoshimune [Hasegawa]

  Pg. 43

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "The Old Pine at Karosaki on Lake Biwa"

  1297 - Yoshimune [Hasegawa]

  Pg. 44

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Mt. Fuji from Shizu-ura"

  1296 - Yoshimune [Hasegawa]

  Pg. 45

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Fishing w. Cormorants on River Nagara"

  1295- Yoshimune publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 46

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Gate of Miyajima Shrine by Moonlight"

  1294 - Yoshimune publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 47

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Arches of Kintai Bridge at Guo [(?)]"

  1293 - Yoshimune publ Hasegawa

  Pg. 48

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Kiyomizu Temple at Uyeno Park"

  1292 - Yoshimune [Hasegawa]

  Pg. 49

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Salt workers on Beach of Shichirigahama"

  (Island of Enoshima in distance)

  1291 - Yoshimune publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 50

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "Snow Scene on Wakamoura Bay"

  1290 - Yoshimune publ Hasegawa

  Pg. 51

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "The Izuno Shrine"

  [crossed out:] "Precinct of the Meiji Shrine, Tokyo"

  1289 Yoshiumune - publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 52

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  "The Temple of Kawasaki"

  [crossed out:]"Entrance to Asakusa Temple"

  1288 Yoshimune publ. Hasegawa

  Pg. 53

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Shotei

  publ Watanabe

  Pg. 54

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 55

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  publ. Watanabe

  Pg. 56

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  publ. Watanabe

  Written in pencil on back of print, presumably by Muller:

  Shotei

  Pg. 57

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

  Written in pencil on album page under print, presumably by Muller:

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Robert O. Muller Collection

• Type

  Print

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1980s, 1860s

• Name

  Takahashi, Shotei, Shoda, Koho, Arai, Yoshimune, Katsushika, Hokusai, Yoshimoto, Gesso, Utagawa, Hiroshige III, Takejiro Hasegawa, S. Watanabe Color Print Co.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Robert O. Muller collection, Japanese Art, Taisho era (1912 - 1926), Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints