September: Full Moon at Suwayama
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 15.7 × 27 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$400–$3,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Kawanishi's Kobe port scenes are his most distinctive and collected subjects.
Created in 1931, this woodblock print in ink and color on paper captures the full moon rising over Suwayama, a hill in central Kobe that offers views across the city to the harbor and Inland Sea. The September moon holds special significance in Japanese culture as the harvest moon, or chushu no meigetsu, traditionally the most beautiful full moon of the year and the occasion for tsukimi moon-viewing gatherings. Kawanishi combines this seasonal cultural moment with a specific Kobe location, grounding the universal experience of moonrise in his home city's geography. The nocturnal setting demands a palette of deep blues, silvers, and the warm glow of the moon itself, likely reflected in the water of the harbor below Suwayama's slopes. The 1931 date places this print in Kawanishi's early mature period.
![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)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
1919
Color woodblock print
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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
September: Full Moon at Suwayama was created by Hide Kawanishi (川西英) in 1931.
September: Full Moon at Suwayama depicts moonlight and night scenes.
September: Full Moon at Suwayama measures 15.7 × 27 cm.
