Moonlight Prints (37)
Moon-lit scenes (tsuki) and lunar compositions in Japanese woodblock prints. Moonlight prints use dramatic tonal contrasts to evoke atmosphere, from full moons over castle towers to crescent moons reflected in still water.
Artists Known for Moonlight
Moonlight of Taj Mahal, No. 4 (Tsukiyo no Taji Maharu, dai yon)
Tsukiyo no Taji Maharu, dai yon
1931
Color woodblock print; oban
New Moon
1941
Color woodblock print
Sailing Boats: Night (Hansen, yoru), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
The Taj Mahal Gardens at Night, from the series "India and Southeast Asia"
1931
Color woodblock print
Crescent Moon
三日月
1934
Color woodblock print
Boy and Rooster in Moonlight
1959
Woodblock print
![Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7b184838-7c8e-01f1-cefe-43fe3e3bc339/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]
1924
Color woodblock print; oban
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane))
Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane
1929
Color woodblock print
![Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7e4f83a5-694d-1634-1447-b94df2154699/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Spring Moon, Ninomiya Beach (Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan))
Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan
March 1932
Color woodblock print
![Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu) by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f570c5b4-b857-817b-b674-bf6c8f1576a6/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)
Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]
1928
Color woodblock print; oban
Winter Moon over Toyama Plain (Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara))
Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara
December 1931
Color woodblock print
Crow in Moonlight
月に烏
c. 1927
Color woodblock print
Dancing Foxes
踊る狐
c. 1931
Color woodblock print
Monkey Reaching for the Reflection of the Moon
水面の月を掴む猿
c. 1930
Color woodblock print
Plum Blossoms and Full Moon
月に梅
c. 1930
Color woodblock print
Moon and Engaku Temple
Woodblock print
Moon over Matsushima
松島の月
1957
Woodblock print
Moon Over Zaimoku Island at Marsushima
Woodblock print
Rising Moon at Katase River
Woodblock print
Moon at Arakawa River
荒川の月
c. 1924
Color woodblock print
Moon at Sekiguchi
関口の月
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Night at Nihonbashi
日本橋の夜
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Yoshiwara in Moonlight
吉原の月
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Moonlight at Yasaka
八坂月光
Woodblock print
Moonlight in Mii Temple
1952
Woodblock print
Moonlight in Sarusawa Pond - Nara
Woodblock print
Moonlight in Sarusawa Pond, Nara
猿沢の池月光
Woodblock print
Silver Pavilion in Snow
銀閣寺雪
Woodblock print
The Moonlight at Byodo-in
平等院月光
Woodblock print
October (The Full-Moon Night at the Gate of the Chionin Monastery)
十月 (知恩院山門月夜)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Woman in Moonlight
月の女
1930
Color woodblock print
Half Moon Bridge
Woodblock print
Half Moon Bridge
Woodblock print
Egrets and Crescent Moon
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Summer Moon at Miyajima, from the series "Collection of Views of Japan"
1936
Color woodblock print
Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple
1933
Color woodblock print