About this artwork
In this image, a single star is visible in the clear, dark blue sky above the distant lights of Osaka. The moon, somewhere behind the viewer and to the left, bathes the area in light. The shadows of unseen trees darken the paving stones, which are washed with a soft glow.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 107
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Kawase Hasui
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Title
- Kozu, Osaka, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1924
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Medium
- Color woodblock print
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Dimensions
- 36.6 × 24.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1929.399