Miyajiyama no Tsuki (Mount Miyaji Moon)

This print is part of Yoshitoshi's famous series "100 Aspects of the Moon" which depicts scenes from traditional Chinese and Japanese history and lore. The courtier Fujiwara no Moronaga (1137-1192) was briefly banished to Shikoku Island following the Hogen Rebellion in 1156. He consoled his homesickeness by playing the biwa on Mount Miyaji, where a water goddess, or suijin, appeared to hear him play.