$1,000–$6,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Nishijima's nostalgic Japanese village scenes appeal to collectors worldwide. Limited editions maintain value well.
"Tsukihae" — moonlight — depicts a traditional townscape illuminated by the particular quality of Japanese moonlight: the way it silhouettes rooflines against a luminous dark sky, fills streets with a pale, directionless glow, and transforms the familiar architecture of a neighborhood into something simultaneously recognizable and otherworldly. Nishijima's nocturnal scenes use the night sky's deep blues and purples as a ground against which the moonlit architectural forms appear almost theatrical. The moon was among the most potent traditional subjects of Japanese visual culture, and Nishijima engages this tradition with his characteristic architectural specificity.
![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
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
TSUKIHAE (Moonlight) was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
TSUKIHAE (Moonlight) depicts moonlight and night scenes.
