Moonlit Sea Prints of Easthampton MA is presenting its news exhibition, Expressions of Landscapes, exploring underlying emotions of solitude, wonderment, quietness and reflection through prints by Kawase Hasui, Takashi Ito, Shiro Kasamatsu, Tsuchiya Koitsu, Ito Yuhan and others. April 11th through May 3rd; by appointment the rest of the month. Japanese woodblock print art (ukiyo-e or “picture of […]
Moonlit Sea Prints of Easthampton MA presents its May exhibition, "An Exploration of the Works of Shiro Kasamatsu", featuring a wide selection of the works of Shiro Kasamatsu. Opening Thursday, March 14th from 5pm to 8pm. Open Monday - Friday, 10am-2pm by appointment only. Moonlit Sea Prints 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 226 Eastworks Easthampton, MA […]
Moonlit Sea Prints of Easthampton MA presents its May exhibition, "An Exploration of the Works of Shiro Kasamatsu", featuring a wide selection of the works of Shiro Kasamatsu. Opening Thursday, February 8th from 5pm to 8pm. Open Monday - Friday, 10am-2pm by appointment only. Moonlit Sea Prints 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 226 Eastworks Easthampton, MA […]
Hiroaki Takahashi Shotei was a Japanese woodblock print artist of the early 20th century in the shin-hanga art movement whose work generally focused around beautiful landscapes and scenes of everyday life. Many of his works are beautiful vignettes, many easily leading the viewer to imagine the stories transpiring within the images. Moonlit Sea Prints of Easthampton MA will […]
Moonlit Sea Prints is proud to announce its newest online-only exhibit, “31 Days of Kawase Hasui”, for the month of July. Born in Tokyo in 1883, Kawase Hasui became a master of Japanese landscape prints. He began his journey as an illustrator for books and magazines but soon discovered his heart belonged to printmaking through the […]
Moonlit Sea Prints of Easthampton MA presents its May exhibition, “Heroes, Heroines, and Badassery”, featuring the works of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Ogata Gekkō, Utagawa Yoshitsuya, Yanagawa Shigenobu and more. Woodblock printing is an amazingly versatile medium, able to produce softly-colored tranquil images as well as vibrant action-packed scenes. This month’s featured prints illustrate the […]
Moonlit Sea Prints of Easthampton MA presents its April exhibition, "Women & Rituals, Great & Small", showcasing the works of Ogata Gekkō, Hiroshi Yoshida, Eisho Narazaki, Shinsui Itō, Shiro Kasamatsu, and more. Our featured artists celebrate grand public rituals, and the smaller rituals conducted in private or domestic settings. Discover prints depicting elaborate ceremonies and […]
The water understands Civilization well; It wets my foot, but prettily, It chills my life, but wittily, It is not disconcerted, It is not broken-hearted: Well used, it decketh joy, Adorneth, doubleth joy: Ill used, it will destroy, In perfect time and measure With a face of golden pleasure Elegantly destroy. – “Water” by Ralph […]
In the summer of 2016, after working in the yard with my wife and separating tons of irises, I decided to create a Facebook group to facilitate the sharing/trading of plants in the local area, the 413 Plant Share & Swap. While there was slow and steady growth in the beginning, this group exploded during […]
Moonlit Sea Prints will be featuring 20 new arrival Japanese woodblock prints including pieces by Kawase Hasui, Ito Shinsui, Hiroshi Yoshida and more. View these prints along with over 500 original Japanese woodblocks from 1790-1960.
Above us, stars. Beneath us, constellations. Five billion miles away, a galaxy dies like a snowflake falling on water. Below us, some farmer, feeling the chill of that distant death, snaps on his yard light, drawing his sheds and barn back into the little system of his care. All night, the cities, like shimmering novas, […]
Moonlit Sea Prints of Easthampton MA is presenting its inaugural exhibition, Shin-hanga Expressions of Landscapes, exploring underlying emotions of solitude, wonderment, quietness and reflection through prints by Kawase Hasui, Takashi Ito, Shiro Kasamatsu, Tsuchiya Koitsu, Ito Yuhan and others. Our planned final evening of the show is April 1, 2022 (Art Walk). Japanese woodblock print art (ukiyo-e or […]
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