The summer moon over Iwado — a coastal area along the shores of Tokyo Bay — casts its light across the water in this 1881 nishiki-e, the warm season giving the moon a fuller, more amber quality than the cold clarity of Kiyochika's winter nocturnes. Iwado, south of Shinagawa along the bay coast, was a semi-rural area with fishermen's houses, tidal flats, and pine-covered headlands. The composition captures the easy pleasures of summer moongazing over the bay, a seasonal subject that connects to classical poetry traditions.
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1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
1919
Color woodblock print
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Summer Moon at Iwado was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1881.
Summer Moon at Iwado depicts moonlight, night scenes, and summer.
Summer Moon at Iwado measures 24.4 × 36.2 cm (Oban format).
