About This Print
A view of the Kyoto Imperial Museum (renamed Kyoto National Museum) on a moonlit night. A family and its dog are out for a late night walk in the snow. The date in the right column of Showa 7 (1932) indicates a likely first edition. Other impressions, as shown below, carry a later date or are not dated.
Western gate of Kyoto National Museum (former Kyoto Imperial Museum)
Later Undated Impression
undated edition
Note the following differences from the print in this collection:
color scheme has been changed, print title has been moved to center of bottom margin and lack of margin notations
Note the following differences from the print in this collection:
color scheme has been changed, print title has been moved to center of bottom margin and lack of margin notations
The Untitled Views of Kyoto Series
One of at least eight prints created by Asano in the early 1930s using a similar format [similar margin notations, title formats, signatures (generally "Takeji ga tō" in image and "Takeji suri" in margin) and paper size] showing views in and around Kyoto. See this collection's print Distant View of Shijo in the Early Morning for images of other prints in this series.Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #717 |
| Title or Description | Moonlit Night at the Museum ( Hakubutsukan Tsukiyo 博物館 月夜) |
| Series | Untitled series showing views of Kyoto |
| Artist | Asano Takeji (1900-1999) |
| Signature | Takeji ga tō in image Takeji suri in left margin |
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| Publication Date | 1932 (昭和 七 - Showa 7 first month, sixth day in right margin) |
| Edition | likely first edition |
| Publisher | artist |
| Carver | likely self-carved |
| Printer | likely self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - light foxing |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban |
| H x W Paper | 10 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (25.7 x 33.7 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (22.2 x 32.4 cm) |
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