Moonrise at Nezu Gangan Shrine, Kasamatsu Shirō

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Kasamatsu Shirō, Moonrise at Nezu Gangan Shrine
Kasamatsu Shirō, Moonrise at Nezu Gangan Shrine
Moonrise at Nezu Gangan Shrine
1932, Showa period (1926–1989)
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
Not on display
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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.