A moon track and a torii among wind-bent pines

A pale yellow moon hangs among ragged blue and white clouds over a wide night landscape. A line of dark pines leans away from the wind along a low spit, with a torii gate standing among them; the water behind catches the moon in a broken yellow track. The foreground is a broad sweep of marsh grass printed in deep blue-greens, with low hills across the horizon.

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) was the defining landscape artist of shin-hanga, the movement that carried Japanese woodblock printing into the twentieth century. From 1918 he worked with the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō, travelling almost continuously through Japan and turning roadside sketches into prints of unusual atmospheric precision. Snow, rain and failing light were his real subjects, as much as any temple or harbour. In 1956 Japan recognised his woodblock technique as an Intangible Cultural Property. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.