Moon Viewing at Ishiyama
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
A print depicting moon viewing at Ishiyama — the famous temple on the southeastern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, where the author of the Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu, was said to have experienced the inspiration for her novel while viewing the moon over the lake. Ishiyama's literary associations made it one of the most culturally significant moon-viewing destinations in Japan, and Chikanobu's depiction of the activity there combines the aesthetic tradition of moon viewing with one of the great landmarks of Japanese literary history.
More Prints by Toyohara Chikanobu
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
Moon Viewing at Ishiyama was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Moon Viewing at Ishiyama depicts moonlight and night scenes.