Morning Moon - L
- Date:
- 1961
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 56 × 43 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Morning Moon — L, a woodblock print with ink and color on paper from 1961, combines two of Amano's most characteristic subjects — the morning hour and the moon — into a single composition. The morning moon (asa no tsuki) is a specific atmospheric phenomenon: the moon visible in the daylight sky as morning brightens, still luminous but increasingly challenged by the growing light around it. This transitional subject, where two temporal regimes overlap, gives Amano material for a composition that combines the geometric clarity of his moon subjects with the tonal subtlety of his morning series.
More Prints by Amano Kunihiro
More Moonlight Prints
![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
Matsushima in Moonlight (Tsuki no Matsushima)
1919
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Kiyozumi Garden in Moonlight
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
Morning Moon - L was created by Amano Kunihiro (天野邦弘) in 1961.
Morning Moon - L depicts moonlight and night scenes.
Morning Moon - L measures 56 × 43 cm.