Moonlight Night- LE
by Kaoru Kawano
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Moonlight Night in limited edition captures Kawano's sustained fascination with the drama of nighttime and the transformative effect of lunar illumination on landscape or figure. The moon was among the most potent symbols in Japanese aesthetic tradition — associated with melancholy, beauty, and the passage of time — and Kawano rendered moonlit scenes with a palette and atmosphere distinct from his daylight compositions. The LE printing gives collectors a carefully controlled impression of one of his most evocative nocturnal images.
More Prints by Kaoru Kawano
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
Moonlight Night- LE was created by Kaoru Kawano (川野薫).
Moonlight Night- LE depicts moonlight and night scenes.