Buyo Kanazawa hassho yakei (Eight night views of Kanazawa, Musashi Province)

This masterpiece triptych is generally believed to represent the ‘moon’ instalment of the artist’s last series concerning snow, moon and flowers (setsugekka), three acknowledged forms of natural beauty. This triptych is the moon print, depicting the famous tourist destination in serene evening. The other two in the series are View of whirlpools at Naruto, Awa (Awa no Naruto no fukei) and Mountain River on the Kiso Road (Kisoji no yamakawa). For another impression, see Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1910,0418,0.196.1-3).