Moonrise at Minatomachi
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
Shotei produced a wide range of subjects throughout his career under publishers Watanabe and Daikokuya. Signed, sealed lifetime editions consistently outperform unsigned export-market copies.
The moon rises over Minatomachi — a harbor or port town — in this atmospheric night scene, the lunar disc clearing the horizon above masts or buildings while its reflection stretches across the water below. Minatomachi's generic name ("harbor town") suggests Shotei may have been working from a specific location while giving the image a more universal applicability. The [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) treatment creates the graduated luminosity from horizon to zenith that characterizes his finest moonrise compositions.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![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)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Moonrise at Minatomachi was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Moonrise at Minatomachi uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Moonrise at Minatomachi was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Moonrise at Minatomachi depicts night scenes.
