Moonrise at Nezu Gangan Shrine

Kasamatsu Shirō, artist

1898–1992

Moonrise at Nezu Gangan Shrine, 1932, Showa period (1926–1989)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 362 x 242 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 388 x 263 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Gift of Fina C. Ott

Accession number: 1979.0178

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Exhibition Label:
"Tradition and Modernity: Japanese Art of the Early Twentieth Century," Jan-2005, Hillary Pedersen
As an artist who carved his own blocks, Shirō Kasamatsu was involved in the sosaku hanga or “creative print” movement. He specialized in views of Tokyo, such as the shrine shown here. This composition is dominated by the bird’s eye view of the gate, from which a group of women emerge. The spray of cherry trees emerging from the left indicate spring. Idyllic scenes such as these became popular among the increasingly urbanized populations of twentieth-century Japan.