$200–$1,500. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Shoda Koho's elegant nature prints are beautifully produced and accessible to beginning collectors.
A solitary woman walks along a moonlit beach in this oban woodblock print, her figure small against the expansive sweep of sand, sea, and sky. The moon hangs overhead, casting a pale road of light across the water that nearly reaches the shore where she strolls. Shoda treats the woman not as a portrait subject but as an element of the landscape, her silhouette providing human scale to the vastness of the coastal scene. The beach itself is rendered in soft tonal gradations that suggest wet sand reflecting the sky's luminance. The print occupies a space between bijin-ga and landscape traditions, using the female figure to anchor an image whose true subject is the solitude and beauty of a shore at night. The woman's unhurried posture suggests a walk taken for its own sake, without destination.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A woman sauntering on a beach by moonlight was created by Koho Shoda (庄田耕峰).
A woman sauntering on a beach by moonlight depicts seascapes, moonlight, and night scenes.
