A nocturnal water scene — one of Hasui's most technically sophisticated subjects, requiring the master printing of both moonlight effects and water reflections simultaneously. Gallery retail for Moon at Magome (a comparable night-water scene) is listed at $15,000 by Egenolf Gallery. Moonlight over Kanazawa Canal (postwar, 1950) sold for $2,300 at Bonhams London (2022) even in a later edition — earlier impressions command substantially more. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
A Nocturnal Fuji at Lake Ashino, published in 1935, depicts Mount Fuji reflected in the dark still waters of Lake Ashinoko in the Hakone highlands — the mountain's iconic profile rising against a night sky that shades from deep indigo above to a softer glow near the horizon where the volcano's base meets the water. Lake Ashino, formed in the caldera of an ancient Fuji-family volcano, offers the classic reflection view that has made this vantage one of Fuji's most reproduced. The 1935 date places this among Hasui's most technically assured Fuji treatments, the night composition demanding precise [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradation to capture the sky's transition from deep darkness to the lake's luminous surface.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Nocturnal Fuji, Lake Ashino (Ashino no yu Fuji) (Ashino no yu Fuji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1935.
A Nocturnal Fuji, Lake Ashino (Ashino no yu Fuji) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
A Nocturnal Fuji, Lake Ashino (Ashino no yu Fuji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1935).
A Nocturnal Fuji, Lake Ashino (Ashino no yu Fuji) depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and night scenes, set at Mount Fuji.
A Nocturnal Fuji, Lake Ashino (Ashino no yu Fuji) measures 33 × 21.5 cm (Oban format).
