Snowy night with a hazy moon
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Snow falls at night and the moon, hazed behind the clouds that produce the snow, casts a diffuse luminosity over the white landscape below. The combination of snow, night, and hazy moon creates one of the most atmospherically complex subjects in the Japanese landscape tradition — the light source indirect, the precipitation reducing visibility, the accumulated snow providing its own secondary luminosity. Shotei's bokashi treatment of the sky, snow clouds, and moon-glow required careful layering to achieve the muted, all-enveloping quality of a snowy night under cloudy moonlight.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snowy night with a hazy moon was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Snowy night with a hazy moon uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Snowy night with a hazy moon was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Snowy night with a hazy moon depicts snow scenes, moonlight, and night scenes.