Moon over Itako (Itako no tsuki)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1936
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Itako's network of waterways and reed beds makes it one of the finest moonlit landscapes in the Kanto region — the flat water surface reflecting a full moon while willows and reeds silhouette against the night sky. This 1936 print shows the Moon over Itako in its characteristic horizontal waterscape mode, the long still canal extending from a darkened bank under a moon-brightened sky. Itako appears multiple times in Hasui's output in different atmospheric conditions — rain, dusk, and moonlight.
More Prints by Kawase Hasui
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
Moon over Itako (Itako no tsuki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1936.
Moon over Itako (Itako no tsuki) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Moon over Itako (Itako no tsuki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1936).
Moon over Itako (Itako no tsuki) depicts moonlight.