A Print by Yoshitoshi - "A Country Couple, etc."
August 2014 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This is a print from the famous series of prints by Yoshitoshi called 100 Aspects of the Moon. It is titled "A Country Couple Enjoys the Moonlight with Their Infant Son" and is number 88 in the Stevenson Book - (see footnote #1). Stevenson has this description of the scene:

"A peasant family - the woman breastfeeding her baby, the man enjoying his banshaku or evening drink - relaxing at the end of the day...