About This Print
I am not exactly sure what view the artist is presenting here, but the ring-like patch of white in the distance might be a formation caused by the vapors of the active volcano Mt. Aso in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyūshū. The print is one of five in the series Five Views of Aso.
Sedimentation side of Aso pyroclastic flow (Manami road)
About The Series "Five Views of Aso" (Aso gokei)
For details on this series see Crater from the series Five Views of Aso.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1142 |
| Title | Moon at Namino 波埜の月 |
| Series | Five Views of Aso (Aso gokei 阿蘇五景) |
| Artist | Sakamoto Hanjirō (1882-1969) |
| Signature | unsigned |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | 1950 |
| Edition | likely first |
| Publisher | Kuga Isao of Sōjinsha with carving and printing at Katō Hanga Kenkyūsho under the supervision of Katō Junji |
| Printer | Yamagawa Bunji |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print); moku-hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | oban |
| H x W Paper | 10 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. (27.0 x 39.4 cm) |
| H x W Image | 9 7/8 x 14 3/16 in. (25.1 x 36 cm) |
| Collections This Print | The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto P00862-003; Oita Prefectural Art Museum Pr-2001-0007 |
| Reference Literature | Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975, Helen Merritt, University of Hawaii Press, 1992, p. 258-2 59 (not shown); Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints - The Early Years, Helen Merritt, University of Hawaii Press, 1998, p. 100 (not shown.) |
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