Moon over Izura (Izura no tsuki)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1952
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Izura on the Ibaraki coast facing the Pacific is a small fishing settlement where rocky headlands drop to a cove, and a full moon rising over the sea illuminated the dark water and rock in this 1952 print. The Izura no tsuki composition places the moon above the horizon of the Pacific, its reflection a broken, shimmering path across the swell. The late-career moonlit coastal scene shows Hasui's sustained mastery of the moonlight palette, here applied to a rugged Pacific headland.
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![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)"
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Frequently Asked Questions
Moon over Izura (Izura no tsuki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1952.
Moon over Izura (Izura no tsuki) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Moon over Izura (Izura no tsuki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1952).
Moon over Izura (Izura no tsuki) depicts moonlight.