In addition to landscapes and especially seascapes, you may have noticed an unusual number of night scenes. I can’t say why I like them so much, but there you go. Another Japanese print from the Shin-Hanga period (modern revival of ukiyo-e, classic Japanese woodcuts) by Koitsu, a print of whose I showed back in week 1! And it was also a night scene, though a moonlit one. Today’s print is a night scene without the moon showing, either directly or by reflection. The only light visible in the print is reflection from the city and from a boat on the water. An atmospheric piece, with colors attenuated by the darkness, but oh so lovely.
Midnight Scene at Atami (Tsuchiya Koitsu, 1935, woodcut)
