
Wind Moon
Description
This woodblock print offers a compressed version of the wind-and-moon theme, with the shortened title "Wind Moon" suggesting either a distinct composition or an abbreviated reference to the same fugetsu concept explored in "Wind and Moon." The two-word title has the quality of a haiku-like compression, packing the vast subjects of moving air and reflected light into the briefest possible verbal form. Sora's visual treatment may mirror this compression, distilling the wind-and-moon theme to its most essential formal elements. The mokuhanga surface carries traces of both energetic carving (wind) and graduated inking (moon), translating atmospheric phenomena into the language of wood, paper, and pigment. The print stands as one of Sora's most direct engagements with classical Japanese aesthetic categories.
More Prints by Mitsuaki Sora
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Wind Moon was created by Mitsuaki Sora (空充秋).
Wind Moon depicts moonlight and night scenes.


