Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane))
Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twenty Views of Tokyo (print 4 of 20)
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24.2 × 36.2 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Moon over the Ara River at Akabane, published in 1929 as part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series, depicts the wide Arakawa floodway under moonlight at the Akabane district in northern Tokyo. The Arakawa is one of the largest rivers running through the Kanto plain, and at Akabane its banks opened into an expansive horizon that gave Hasui room to develop a broad, horizontally composed night scene with the moon's reflection shimmering on the river's surface. The moonlit water reflections and bokashi sky-gradation mark this as one of the Twenty Views series' most technically ambitious nocturnal compositions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane)) (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1929.
Yes — Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane)) is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 4 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane)) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane)) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1929).
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane)) depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and rivers & lakes, set at Tokyo.
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane)) measures 24.2 × 36.2 cm (Oban format).