Moon of Enlightenment, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

Provenance

Kaneko Fusui (1897-1978), Japan, about 1963 [Kodansha 1963]. Nakau Ei (born 1934), Japan, to at least 1992 [Nakau 1992]. Sold, Christie's, New York, sale 1876, May 18, 2007, to Roger Weston, Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 2018.

Quick Overview

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi / Japanese, 1839–1892
Date: About 1885-92
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Painting: 105.5 × 40.7 cm (41 9/16 × 16 in.); With mounting: 203.9 × 48.3 cm (80 1/4 × 19 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: hanging scroll
Place: Japan
Department: Arts of Asia
Credit line: Gift of Roger L. Weston
Accession no.: 2018.557

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Moon of Enlightenment, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

Provenance

Quick Overview

More by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi in museum collections

Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

Frost fills the air and the autumn air is still/lines of returning geese cross the moon in the third hour-Kenshin, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon

The Spirit of the Deceased Yūgao Entwined in Moonflower Vines, based on the print “The Lady of the Evening Faces,” from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi: Genji Yūgao no maki)

Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print “The Moon at Ishiyama,” from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi: Ishiyama no tsuki)