
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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A night scene beneath a huge, glowing moon, where a man sings at the top of his voice on the road back from the pleasure quarter.
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Kuniyoshi makes the moon the heart of this night scene, giving it a large, glowing halo. Shadows fall beneath the figures and the palanquin, a Western-style touch in a Japanese print. At the centre, a man sings with his mouth wide open, perhaps on his way home after an evening of drinking in New Yoshiwara. The pleasure quarter itself appears only as a line of low rooflines beyond the rice paddies. Nearby, a chatting pair and a wealthy passenger in a palanquin may be heading towards it. The work is a colour woodblock print from the early 1830s, made in Japan during the Edo period.
On your wall: Its moonlit night mood and lively figures would suit a study, living room or hallway, especially where you want a quiet focal point with a story.
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was a Japanese artist working in the ukiyo-e tradition, creating woodblock prints and paintings. He belonged to the Utagawa school and is counted among the last great masters of the style. His work stands as a late chapter in a celebrated Japanese tradition of printmaking and painting.
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Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
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