East Wind / Moon Wind (Tôhô no kaze / Tsuki kaze), Shôwa period, dated 1959
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
Two zebras with a black horse or bull stand beneath overlapping crescent and full-moon forms rendered in cream, ochre, and tan, with a small solid orange-red sun disc in the upper left corner against a mottled dark brown ground. The zebras' black-and-white striped bodies are outlined with flame-like, jagged manes and tails, one animal raising a foreleg, while the third figure at right is rendered as a solid black silhouette with pale patches on its flank and matching spiked mane. *East Wind / Moon Wind (Tôhô no kaze / Tsuki kaze)*, a woodblock print by Tadashi Nakayama, Shôwa period, dated 1959.
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Frequently Asked Questions
East Wind / Moon Wind (Tôhô no kaze / Tsuki kaze), Shôwa period, dated 1959 was created by Tadashi Nakayama (中山正).
East Wind / Moon Wind (Tôhô no kaze / Tsuki kaze), Shôwa period, dated 1959 depicts moonlight and night scenes.