A court lady in a black coiffure holds a ceremonial tablet

A woman with an elaborate black coiffure and pale, arched brow markings holds a slender wooden tablet bound with red and green cords across her chest. She wears a cream outer robe over a red under-layer, its striped lining showing at the sleeve, above red trousers. Two vertical cartouches at upper right carry the series and subject titles, with the artist's signature and red seal at left, identifying her as a court lady of the Kyōwa era.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892) was the last major master of ukiyo-e, working through the upheaval of the Meiji era. A pupil of Kuniyoshi, he moved from violent early war prints to the psychological intensity of his mature series — One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (1885–92) and New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts — in which history, legend and theatre are staged by moonlight. His draughtsmanship and unusual use of colour carried the woodblock print into the modern period. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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