Stonehenge (Moonlight)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
Description
Stonehenge under moonlight — one of the most evocative subjects in Urushibara's European repertoire, combining the ancient megalithic monument with the romantic atmosphere of nocturnal illumination. The great standing stones, already venerable when Roman soldiers first encountered them, take on an entirely different character by moonlight, their massive silhouettes dark against the illuminated sky, their shadows long across the Wiltshire plain. Urushibara's woodblock technique, with its capacity for rich darks and subtle tonal gradations, suits this atmospheric subject especially well.
More Prints by Yoshijiro Urushibara
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
Stonehenge (Moonlight) was created by Yoshijiro Urushibara (漆原木虫).
Stonehenge (Moonlight) depicts moonlight and night scenes.