Snow and night scenes traditionally command higher prices. Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
The great vermillion torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine rises from the water at Miyajima as the moon climbs above the Seto Inland Sea in this nocturnal landscape by Yuhan Ito. Moonlight on water is among the most venerable subjects in Japanese printmaking, and Ito works within that tradition while bringing the shin-hanga attention to atmospheric gradation and careful color registration. The composition balances the iconic gate — as recognizable a symbol of Japan as any — against the vast, reflective quietness of the sea at night.
![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)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
1919
Color woodblock print
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Moon Over Miyajima was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Moon Over Miyajima depicts moonlight and night scenes, set at Miyajima.
