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)

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Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Date: ca. 1892
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 41 1/4 × 16 in. (104.8 × 40.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 80 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (203.8 × 54 cm) Overall with knobs: 80 1/4 × 23 1/4 in. (203.8 × 59.1 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2019
Accession no.: 2019.40

Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
c. 1885/92 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001692
Moon of Enlightenment, from the series Twelve Aspects of the Moon
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
About 1885-92 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001693
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
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1885/92 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001694
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)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
ca. 1892 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016468

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.