Moonlight Prints (445)
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
![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

Bamboo trees with a crescent moon
Not set
Woodblock print

Moon over Kiyosumi Garden (Tsuki no Kiyosumien)
1938
Color woodblock print; oban

A Moonlight Night Scene at the Ishiyama Temple on the Shore of Lake Biwa

Moonlight at Takanawa

Moonlight at Yasaka
八坂月光
Woodblock print

Moonlight in Mii Temple
1952
Woodblock print

Moonlight in Sarusawa Pond, Nara
猿沢の池月光
Woodblock print

Monkey Reaching for the Reflection of the Moon
水面の月を掴む猿
c. 1930
Color woodblock print

Crescent Moon and Sea C
1991
Woodblock print, ink and gold leaf on paper

Half Moon Bridge
Woodblock print

Moon at Ayashi (Ayashi no tsuki (Miyagi ken))
1946
Color woodblock print

Moon at Enoshima Beach (Tsukiyo no Enoshima)
1933
Color woodblock print

Moon at Enoura Beach (Tsuki no Enoura)
January 1939
Color woodblock print

Moon at Umagome, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Uragome no tsuki)
1930
Color woodblock print

Moon over Akebi Bridge (Akebibashi no tsuki)
1935
Color 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

Moon over Itako (Itako no tsuki)
1936
Color woodblock print

Moon over Izura (Izura no tsuki)
1952
Color woodblock print

Moon over Lakeside (Kohan no tsuki)
December 1935
Color woodblock print

Moonlit Night at Miyajima (Miyajima no tsukiyo)
1947
Color woodblock print

Waning Moon
1960
Evening Crescent Moon at Kôbe (Kôbe no Yoizuki), Taishô period, dated 1920
Woodblock print

Moonlight Night (Cat)
Woodblock print

Moon at Matsushima
Woodblock print

Moonrise At Nezu Gongen Shrine — 月の出 根津権現
Woodblock print

Moon Seen Beyond Shinagawa
1884
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight
About 1883
Color woodblock print; ōban triptych

Benkei and the Moon at Daimotsunoura
1886

Moonlight through the Clouds off the Haneda Coast
1929 (original design by Kiyochika; published posthumously)
Color woodblock print; oban

Tanuki under the Moon
Woodblock print

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple
1933
Color woodblock print

Autumn Moon at Ishiyamadera
Woodblock print

Summer Moon at Miyajima, from the series "Collection of Views of Japan"
1936
Color woodblock print

Caravan from Afghanistan on a Moonlit Night
1932
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

No Series Returning Junks Seto Inland Sea In Moonlight
Woodblock print

No Series Returning Junks Seto Inland Sea In Moonlight
Woodblock print

No Series Returning Junks Seto Inland Sea In Moonlight
Woodblock print

Half Moon Bridge
1941
Woodblock print

Moonlight of Taj Mahal #4
1931
Woodblock print

(Houseboat and moon)
c. 1854-1859
Woodblock print

Bamboo Grove Under a Crescent Moon - 月下竹林
1950
Watercolor

August — 其八 名月
1898
Woodblock print

Tokaido Kusatsu Night Moon
1930
Woodblock print

Traveler on Moonlit Shore
Not set
Woodblock print

Head of Moon Goddess
Woodblock print

Moon at Nijo Castle - 二条城の月
Woodblock print

Canal by Moonlight
Woodblock print

Moonlight
Woodblock print

Eastern Moon
Woodblock print

Moon
Woodblock print

SHIROI TSUKI (white moon)
Woodblock print

White Moon
Woodblock print

TSUKI TO BUDO (moon and grapes)
Woodblock print

Chikibu Island in Moonlight
Woodblock print

Seto Inland Sea in Moonlight
Woodblock print

Moon, 2002
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Utagawa Hiroshige, Kawase Hasui, and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi are among the artists most associated with moonlight in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 445 prints tagged with moonlight, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.



