Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki)
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
A nocturnal subject from the Twenty Views of Tokyo — combining the series' collector prestige with the premium attached to Hasui's night scenes. Moonlit canal and waterfront views in this series have achieved gallery retail prices of $15,000 (Moon at Magome, Egenolf Gallery). Christie's recorded $13,860 for an unidentified landscape from the Landscapes of Japan sale (March 2024).
Umagome in the Twenty Views of Tokyo series appears here under moonlight — the neighborhood likely in the Sumida River area of eastern Tokyo, the water surface reflecting the moon in a wide, horizontal composition. This 1930 print from the Twenty Views of Tokyo captures one of Hasui's standard moonlit urban-waterway compositions: dark sky, still water, silhouetted buildings along the bank, and a clear moon above or reflected below. The series' geographic range across Tokyo meant subjects from crowded central areas to quieter outer neighborhoods.
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.
Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930.
Yes — Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki) is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 20 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki) depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and moonlight, set at Tokyo.
