MoonShine Starshine
- Date:
- 2020
- Medium:
- Intaglio printed on handmade mulberry paper
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Yuji Hiratsuka's "MoonShine Starshine" is a etching that reveals the artist's sensitivity to place and atmosphere.
This work reflects the artist's contemporary approach to printmaking, drawing on both traditional techniques and modern sensibilities. The etching technique brings a distinctive linear quality and tonal depth to the composition, with fine detail emerging from the interaction of acid and metal plate.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![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
MoonShine Starshine was created by Yuji Hiratsuka (平塚雄二) in 2020.
MoonShine Starshine uses Etching, on intaglio printed on handmade mulberry paper.
MoonShine Starshine depicts night scenes.
