Night Scenes Prints (106)
Evening and nighttime compositions (yoru no keshiki) in Japanese woodblock prints. Night scenes showcase the printmaker's mastery of bokashi gradation, using deep indigo and black inks to create atmospheric depth and mood.
Artists Known for Night Scenes
Night at Nihonbashi
日本橋の夜
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Tea House at Evening
茶屋の夕暮れ
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Kiyamachi Street, Kyoto
木屋町
ca. 1950s
Woodblock print
Night Scene of Kasuga Shrine
春日大社夜
Woodblock print
Night Scene of Kitano Shrine
北野神社夜
1952
Woodblock print
Twilight in the Village, Nara
ca. 1950s
Woodblock print
Kamogawa Spring Evening
鴨川春の夕
1955
Color woodblock print
October (The Full-Moon Night at the Gate of the Chionin Monastery)
十月 (知恩院山門月夜)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Evening Cool
夕涼み
1930
Color woodblock print
Mosquito Net
蚊帳
1929
Color woodblock print
Summer Evening
夏の夕
1930
Color woodblock print
Woman in Moonlight
月の女
1930
Color woodblock print
Evening in East Africa
Woodblock print
Fable in Star - A
Woodblock print
Shinjuku - Tokyo at Night
Woodblock print
Supper Wagon
Woodblock print
Supper Wagon
Woodblock print
Evening at Ushigome
牛込の夕
c. 1930s
Woodblock print
Evening Glow at Lake Sai
西湖の夕照
c. 1930s
Woodblock print
Mii Temple at Night
夜の三井寺
c. 1930s
Woodblock print
Catching Fireflies
蛍狩り
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain
after 1929
Color woodblock print
Evening on the Chikugo River
1927
Color woodblock print
Twelve Scenes of Tokyo: Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain
after 1929
Color woodblock print
Snowy Night, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties"
1918
Color woodblock print; oban
Night at Ikenohata
1916
Color woodblock print
Evening at the Tama River
1912
Color woodblock print
Night Rain at Mii Temple, from the series "Eight Views of Ohmi"
1917
Color woodblock print
![Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7b184838-7c8e-01f1-cefe-43fe3e3bc339/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
1924
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Sanjugen Canal (Sanjugenbori no bosetsu), from the series "Twelve Months of Tokyo (Tokyo junikagetsu)"
1920
Color woodblock print
Sunset Glow in Yanaka (Yanaka no yube), from the series "Twelve Months of Tokyo (Tokyo junikagetsu)"
1921
Color woodblock print
Snow at Tsukishima (Tsukishima no yuki), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Moon over the Ara River, Akabane, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijukei, Arakawa no tsuki (Akabane))
1929
Color woodblock print
![Misty Night at Miyajima (Oboroyo [Miyajima]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/5824b40b-c8ce-25e6-e625-9bde604539e6/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Misty Night at Miyajima (Oboroyo [Miyajima]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Shinkawa at Night (Yoru no Shinkawa), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
Spring Moon, Ninomiya Beach (Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan))
Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan
March 1932
Color woodblock print
![Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu) by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f570c5b4-b857-817b-b674-bf6c8f1576a6/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)
1928
Color woodblock print; oban
Winter Moon over Toyama Plain (Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara))
Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara
December 1931
Color woodblock print
![Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu) by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9ce8d842-d350-fd43-d427-04cc8957d76a/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)
1928
Color woodblock print; oban
![Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/7e4f83a5-694d-1634-1447-b94df2154699/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Moonlight over Lake Kamo in Sado Island (Getsumei no Kamoko [Sado]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Spring Moon, Ninomiya Beach (Haru no tsuki, Ninomiya kaigan)
1932
Color woodblock print
Evening Shower, Teradomari (Teradomari no yō), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishū)
1921
Color woodblock print
Crows in moonlight
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
Yūgure no hansen (Evening sailboats)
1900-1915
Color woodcut
Yūgure no hansen (Evening sailboats - alternate impression)
1900-1915
Color woodcut