Moonlight of Taj Mahal #4
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
Description
Moonlight of Taj Mahal No. 4 is part of Yoshida's celebrated series depicting the mausoleum at Agra under different conditions of light and time — arguably the most sustained meditation on a single architectural subject in all of shin-hanga. Under moonlight, the white marble appears to glow from within, the surface absorbing and reradiating the indirect light of the night sky. Yoshida visited the Taj Mahal during his 1931 India trip and returned to it obsessively in his prints, each number in the series capturing a different quality of luminescence.
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Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
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Matsushima in Moonlight (Tsuki no Matsushima)
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January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Moonlight of Taj Mahal #4 was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1931.
Moonlight of Taj Mahal #4 was published by Yoshida Studio (1931).
Moonlight of Taj Mahal #4 depicts moonlight and night scenes.