Moonlight at Yasaka
八坂月光
by Takeji Asano
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Unsodo
- Source:
- Ukiyo-e.org (via Artelino)
Description
A five-story pagoda silhouetted in dark blue-black rises above a hillside of tiled rooftops, its tiers picked out in pale grey against the night sky, with a scatter of small stars overhead and hazy town lights glowing along the distant hills below. In the foreground a tall pine tree with snow-dusted needles frames the left side, while smoke drifts up from a chimney among the nearby houses. This woodblock print, "Moonlight at Yasaka" by Takeji Asano, renders the scene in a muted palette of indigo, grey, and warm lamplight yellow, evoking a still, quiet night.
More Prints by Takeji Asano
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
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Moonlight at Yasaka (八坂月光) was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Moonlight at Yasaka uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Moonlight at Yasaka was published by Unsodo.
Moonlight at Yasaka depicts moonlight and night scenes.