An Evening Moon
- Date:
- 1990–91
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 46.4 × 35.2 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
An Evening Moon from 1990–91 renders the moonrise or high moon in Hagiwara's mature abstract-naturalistic style — the lunar disc surrounded by the atmospheric gradations that his multi-block color technique produced with particular sophistication. Unlike the shin-hanga artists' moonlight scenes, which rendered observed effects of moonlight on specific landscapes, Hagiwara's moon is a cosmic object approached on its own terms: a source of light, a form in the sky, a subject for sustained contemplation rather than atmospheric decoration.
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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
Color woodblock print
Kiyozumi Garden in Moonlight
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
An Evening Moon was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1990–91.
An Evening Moon depicts moonlight and night scenes.
An Evening Moon measures 46.4 × 35.2 cm.