Moonlight Over Kinugawa Hot Springs (Kinugawa Onsen)
- Date:
- 1940
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Kinugawa hot spring resort in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, is here rendered under moonlight — the thermal town's illuminated buildings reflected in the river below. Hiratsuka's 1940 woodblock combines the moonlight subject with a nude figure in the foreground, perhaps bathing in the outdoor thermal waters. The combination of landscape, moonlight, and the nude body is unusual in his oeuvre.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Moonlight Over Kinugawa Hot Springs (Kinugawa Onsen) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1940.
Moonlight Over Kinugawa Hot Springs (Kinugawa Onsen) depicts nude, moonlight, and night scenes.