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

**Tsukioka Yoshitoshi** (Japanese, 1839–1892)  
About 1885-92  
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk  
Painting: 105.5 × 40.7 cm (41 9/16 × 16 in.); With mounting: 203.9 × 48.3 cm (80 1/4 × 19 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.557. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/212354).

## About this work

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi painted this in about 1885-92, aged about 46. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of hanging scroll; ink and color on silk.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Hanging scroll.** A painting mounted on silk with a wooden roller at the foot. It was rolled up for storage and brought out to hang for a season, a guest or an occasion.
- **Ink and colour on silk.** Silk was sized with glue and alum so it would hold a crisp brushline, and mineral colours were built up in thin layers. The sheen of the weave still shows through.

### [Tsukioka Yoshitoshi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/tsukioka-yoshitoshi)

Japanese, 1839–1892

Yoshitoshi trained under Utagawa Kuniyoshi and became one of the last great designers of ukiyo-e, working through Japan’s rapid modernisation after 1868. His early work includes violent battle and ghost scenes; after a breakdown in the early 1870s he developed a more refined, inventive style. His late series, One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, draws on history, legend and literature, and he trained many pupils who carried his approach into the new century.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Japan
- The artist was about 46
- Real size: about 41 × 16 in (105 × 40 cm). The 30 × 40 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

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