Morning Moon 91
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Image courtesy of
- Asian Collection Internet Auction
Description
Morning Moon 91 represents a refined moment within Amano Kunihiro's serial investigation of lunar imagery, following closely on number 90 and suggesting incremental compositional adjustment rather than dramatic revision. The moon in these later-numbered works in the series may occupy a more abstracted pictorial space, with geometric elements — possibly echoing obi textile patterns — framing or bisecting the lunar disk. Amano's use of embossing without ink creates areas of dimensionality that shift with raking light, lending the print an object-like quality rare in the woodblock medium. The Morning Moon titles collectively demonstrate his interest in a natural phenomenon that is simultaneously concrete and transient.
More Prints by Amano Kunihiro
More Night Scenes Prints
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Woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
Morning Moon 91 was created by Amano Kunihiro (天野邦弘).
Morning Moon 91 depicts night scenes.