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)"
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
Night views with moonlight and lantern effects carry a 20–30% premium over comparable daytime scenes. The dramatic tonal contrasts required for nocturnal subjects make impression quality especially important — fine examples from pre-war printings show a depth of color that later editions rarely match. Prints with well-preserved black areas and accurate moonlight bokashi command the highest prices. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima in Sapporo, from the Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition published in March 1933, depicts Nakanoshima Park — the island in the Toyohira River at the center of Sapporo — under evening moonlight, the park's European-style landscaping and riverside promenade silvered by the moon. Nakanoshima (Nakajima) Park, developed in the Meiji period as Sapporo's first public park, has an unusual quality of combining Northern European park design with the severe winter climate of Hokkaido. The moonlit evening composition emphasizes the park's still, reflective water surface and the bare or snow-dusted trees of a Hokkaido early spring.
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.
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)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in March 1933.
Yes — 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)" is part of the Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition series (print 5) by Kawase Hasui.
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)" uses Bokashi, on 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)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (March 1933).
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)" depicts landscapes, moonlight, and night scenes.
