One hundred aspects of the moon : Japanese woodblock prints by Yoshitoshi
(Book)

A series of 100 woodblock prints in the collection of the Museum of International Folk Art, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe.

"The arrangement follows the design of the exhibit installation held at the Museum of International Folk Art from July 15-Oct. 14, 2001-- Verso t.p."

Yoshitoshi's artistic career traces a period of social and political change in Japan, which opened its doors to trade with the West in 1853, the year that he published his first woodblock print. As tumult shook the foundations of old Japan, Yoshitoshi cleaved to tradition in his choice of subject matter, drawing upon literature, history, and mythology, the warrior class, and the Buddhist notion of "the floating world" to preserve and celebrate Japanese culture before modernism. In one hundred views and commentaries, the artist used the popular woodblock print form to depict everyday Japanese concerns and the collective apprehension about a future not yet clarified.