SEASON 1 OF 72 AROUND FEBRUARY 4 - FEBRUARY 8 HARUKAZE KŌRI O TOKU
EAST WIND MELTS THE ICE (FEBRUARY 5 WAXING GIBBOUS)

 

SEASON 2 OF 72 AROUND FEBRUARY 9 - FEBRUARY 13 KŌŌ KENKAN SU
BUSH WARBLERS START SINGING IN THE MOUNTAINS (FEBRUARY 9 FULL MOON)

 

SEASON 3 OF 72 AROUND FEBRUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 18 UO KŌRI O IZURU
FISH EMERGE FROM THE ICE (FEBRUARY 15 LAST QUARTER)

SEASON 4 OF 72 AROUND FEBRUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 23 TSUCHI NO SHŌ URUOI OKORU
RAIN MOISTENS THE SOIL (FEBRUARY 23 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 5 OF 72 AROUND FEBRUARY 24 - FEBRUARY 28 KASUMI HAJIMETE TANABIKU
MIST STARTS TO LINGER

SEASON 6 OF 72 AROUND MARCH 1 - MARCH 5 SŌMOKU MEBAE IZURU
GRASS SPROUTS, TREES BUD (MARCH 2 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 7 OF 72 AROUND MARCH 6 - MARCH 10 SUGOMORI MUSHITO O HIRAKU
HIBERNATING INSECTS SURFACE (MARCH 9 FULL MOON)

SEASON 8 OF 72 AROUND MARCH 11 - MARCH 15 MOMO HAJIMETE SAKU
FIRST PEACH BLOSSOMS (MARCH 13 WANING GIBBOUS)

 

SEASON 9 OF 72 AROUND MARCH 16 - MARCH 20 NAMUSHI CHŌ TO NARU
CATERPILLARS BECOME BUTTERFLIES (MARCH 16 LAST QUARTER)

SEASON 10 OF 72 AROUND MARCH 21 - MARCH 25 SUZUME HAJIMETE SUKŪ
SPARROWS START TO NEST (MARCH 24 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 11 OF 72 AROUND MARCH 26 - MARCH 30 SAKURA HAJIMETE SAKU
FIRST CHERRY BLOSSOMS (MARCH 28 WAXING CRESCENT)

SEASON 12 OF 72 AROUND MARCH 31 - APRIL 4 KAMINARI SUNAWACHI KOE O HASSU
DISTANT THUNDER (APRIL 1 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 13 OF 72 AROUND APRIL 5 - APRIL 9 TSUBAME KITARU
SWALLOWS RETURN (APRIL 8 FULL MOON)

SEASON 14 OF 72 AROUND APRIL 10 - APRIL 14 KŌGAN KAERU
WILD GEESE FLY NORTH (APRIL 14 LAST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 15 OF 72 AROUND APRIL 15 - APRIL 19 NIJI ARAWARU
FIRST RAINBOWS (APRIL 18 WANING CRESCENT)

SEASON 16 OF 72 AROUND APRIL 20 - APRIL 24 ASHI HAJIMETE SHŌZU
FIRST REEDS SPROUT (APRIL 23 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 17 OF 72 AROUND APRIL 25 - APRIL 29 SHIMO YAMITE NAE IZURU
LAST FROST, RICE SEEDLINGS GROW (APRIL 27 WAXING CRESCENT)

SEASON 18 OF 72 AROUND APRIL 30 - MAY 4 BOTAN HANA SAKU
PEONIES BLOOM (APRIL 30 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 19 OF 72 AROUND MAY 5 - MAY 9 KAWAZU HAJIMETE NAKU
FROGS START SINGING (MAY 7 FULL MOON)

SEASON 20 OF 72 AROUND MAY 10 - MAY 14 MIMIZU IZURU
WORMS SURFACE (MAY 14 LAST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 21 OF 72 AROUND MAY 15 - MAY 20 TAKENOKO SHŌZU
BAMBOO SHOOTS SPROUT (MAY 19 WANING CRESCENT)

SEASON 22 OF 72 AROUND MAY 21 - MAY 25 KAIKO OKITE KUWA O HAMU
SILKWORMS START FEASTING ON MULBERRY LEAVES (MAY 22 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 23 OF 72 AROUND MAY 26 - MAY 30 BENIBANA SAKAU
SAFFLOWERS BLOOM (MAY 30 FIRST QUARTER)

SEASON 24 OF 72 AROUND MAY 31 - JUNE 5 MUGI NO TOKI ITARU
WHEAT RIPENS AND IS HARVESTED (JUNE 5 FULL MOON)

 

SEASON 25 OF 72 AROUND JUNE 6 - JUNE 10 KAMAKIRI SHŌZU
PRAYING MANTISES HATCH (JUNE 9 WANING GIBBOUS)

SEASON 26 OF 72 AROUND JUNE 11 - JUNE 15 KUSARETARU KUSA HOTARU TO NARU
ROTTEN GRASS BECOMES FIREFLIES (JUNE 13 LAST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 27 OF 72 AROUND JUNE 16 - JUNE 20 UME NO MI KIBAMU
PLUMS TURN YELLOW (JUNE 18 WANING CRESCENT)

SEASON 28 OF 72 AROUND JUNE 21 - JUNE 26 NATSUKAREKUSA KARURU
SELF-HEAL WITHERS (JUNE 21 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 29 OF 72 AROUND JUNE 27 - JULY 1 AYAME HANA SAKU
IRISES BLOOM (JUNE 28 FIRST QUARTER)

SEASON 30 OF 72 AROUND JULY 2 - JULY 6 HANGE SHŌZU
CROW-DIPPER SPROUTS (JULY 5 FULL MOON)

 

SEASON 31 OF 72 AROUND JULY 7 - JULY 11 ATSUKAZE ITARU
WARM WINDS BLOW (JULY 8 WANING GIBBOUS)

SEASON 32 OF 72 AROUND JULY 12 - JULY 16 HASU HAJIMETE HIRAKU
FIRST LOTUS BLOSSOMS (JULY 12 LAST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 33 OF 72 AROUND JULY 17 - JULY 22 TAKA SUNAWACHI WAZA O NARAU
HAWKS LEARN TO FLY (JULY 20 NEW MOON)

SEASON 34 OF 72 AROUND JULY 23 - JULY 28 KIRI HAJIMETE HANA O MUSUBU
PAULOWNIA TREES PRODUCE SEEDS (JULY 23 WAXING CRESCENT)

 

SEASON 35 OF 72 AROUND JULY 29 - AUGUST 2 TSUCHI URUŌTE MUSHI ATSUSHI
EARTH IS DAMP, AIR IS HUMID (JULY 30 WAXING GIBBOUS)

SEASON 36 OF 72 AROUND AUGUST 3 - AUGUST 7 TAIU TOKIDOKI FURU
GREAT RAINS SOMETIMES FALL (AUGUST 3 FULL MOON)

 

SEASON 37 OF 72 AROUND AUGUST 8 - AUGUST 12 SUZUKAZE ITARU
COOL WINDS BLOW (AUGUST 11 LAST QUARTER)

SEASON 38 OF 72 AROUND AUGUST 13 - AUGUST 17 HIGURASHI NAKU
EVENING CICADAS SING (AUGUST 16 WANING CRESCENT)

 

SEASON 39 OF 72 AROUND AUGUST 18 - AUGUST 22 FUKAKI KIRI MATŌ
THICK FOG DESCENDS (AUGUST 19 NEW MOON)

SEASON 40 OF 72 AROUND AUGUST 23 - AUGUST 27 WATA NO HANA SHIBE HIRAKU
COTTON FLOWERS BLOOM (AUGUST 25 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 41 OF 72 AROUND AUGUST 28 - SEPTEMBER 1 TENCHI HAJIMETE SAMUSHI
HEAT STARTS TO DIE DOWN (AUGUST 31 WAXING GIBBOUS)

SEASON 42 OF 72 AROUND SEPTEMBER 2 - SEPTEMBER 7 KOKUMONO SUNAWACHI MINORU
RICE RIPENS (SEPTEMBER 2 FULL MOON)

 

SEASON 43 OF 72 AROUND SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 12 KUSA NO TSUYU SHIROSHI
DEW GLISTENS WHITE ON GRASS (SEPTEMBER 8 WANING GIBBOUS)

SEASON 44 OF 72 AROUND SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 17 SEKIREI NAKU
WAGTAILS SING (SEPTEMBER 17 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 45 OF 72 AROUND SEPTEMBER 18 - SEPTEMBER 22 TSUBAME SARU
SWALLOWS LEAVE (SEPTEMBER 19 WAXING CRESCENT)

SEASON 46 OF 72 AROUND SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 27 KAMINARI SUNAWACHI KOE O OSAMU
THUNDER CEASES (SEPTEMBER 24 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 47 OF 72 AROUND SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 2 MUSHI KAKURETE TO O FUSAGU
INSECTS HOLE UP UNDERGROUND (OCTOBER 1 FULL MOON)

SEASON 48 OF 72 AROUND OCTOBER 3 - OCTOBER 7 MIZU HAJIMETE KARURU
FARMERS DRAIN FIELDS (OCTOBER 6 WANING GIBBOUS)

 

SEASON 49 OF 72 AROUND OCTOBER 8 - OCTOBER 12 KŌGAN KITARU
WILD GEESE RETURN (OCTOBER 10 LAST QUARTER)

SEASON 50 OF 72 AROUND OCTOBER 13 - OCTOBER 17 KIKU NO HANA HIRAKU
CHRYSANTHEMUMS BLOOM (OCTOBER 16 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 51 OF 72 AROUND OCTOBER 18 - OCTOBER 22 KIRIGIRISU TO NI ARI
CRICKETS CHIRP AROUND THE DOOR (OCTOBER 20 WAXING CRESCENT)

SEASON 52 OF 72 AROUND OCTOBER 23 - OCTOBER 27 SHIMO HAJIMETE FURU
FIRST FROST (OCTOBER 23 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 53 OF 72 AROUND OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 1 KOSAME TOKIDOKI FURU
LIGHT RAINS SOMETIMES FALL (OCTOBER 31 FULL MOON)

SEASON 54 OF 72 AROUND NOVEMBER 2 - NOVEMBER 6 MOMIJI TSUTA KIBAMU
MAPLE LEAVES AND IVY TURN YELLOW (NOVEMBER 4 WANING GIBBOUS)

 

SEASON 55 OF 72 AROUND NOVEMBER 7 - NOVEMBER 11 TSUBAKI HAJIMETE HIRAKU
CAMELLIAS BLOOM (NOVEMBER 10 WANING CRESCENT)

SEASON 56 OF 72 AROUND NOVEMBER 12 - NOVEMBER 16 CHI HAJIMETE KŌRU
LAND STARTS TO FREEZE (NOVEMBER 15 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 57 OF 72 AROUND NOVEMBER 17 - NOVEMBER 21 KINSENKA SAKU
DAFFODILS BLOOM (NOVEMBER 18 WAXING CRESCENT)

SEASON 58 OF 72 AROUND NOVEMBER 22 - NOVEMBER 26 NIJI KAKURETE MIEZU
RAINBOWS HIDE (NOVEMBER 22 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 59 OF 72 AROUND NOVEMBER 27 - DECEMBER 1 KITAKAZE KONOHA O HARAU
NORTH WIND BLOWS THE LEAVES FROM THE TREES (NOVEMBER 30 FULL MOON)

SEASON 60 OF 72 AROUND DECEMBER 2 - DECEMBER 6 TACHIBANA HAJIMETE KIBAMU
THE TACHIBANA FIRST TURNS YELLOW (DECEMBER 4 WANING GIBBOUS)

 

SEASON 61 OF 72 AROUND DECEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 11 SORA SAMUKU FUYU TO NARU
COLD SETS IN, WINTER BEGINS (DECEMBER 18 LAST QUARTER)

SEASON 62 OF 72 AROUND DECEMBER 12 - DECEMBER 16 KUMA ANA NI KOMORU
BEARS START HIBERNATING IN THEIR DENS (DECEMBER 14 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 63 OF 72 AROUND DECEMBER 17 - DECEMBER 21 SAKE NO UO MURAGARU
SALMON GATHER AND SWIM UPSTREAM (DECEMBER 18 WAXING CRESCENT)

SEASON 64 OF 72 AROUND DECEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 26 NATSUKAREKUSA SHŌZU
SELF-HEAL SPROUTS (DECEMBER 24 WAXING GIBBOUS)

 

SEASON 65 OF 72 AROUND DECEMBER 27 - DECEMBER 31 SAWASHIKA NO TSUNO OTSURU
DEER SHED ANTLERS (DECEMBER 30 FULL MOON)

SEASON 66 OF 72 AROUND JANUARY 1 - JANUARY 5 YUKI WATARITE MUGI NOBIRU
WHEAT SPROUTS UNDER SNOW (JANUARY 3 FIRST QUARTER)

 

SEASON 67 OF 72 AROUND JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 9 SERI SUNAWACHI SAKAU
PARSLEY FLOURISHES (JANUARY 7 WAXING GIBBOUS)

SEASON 68 OF 72 AROUND JANUARY 10 - JANUARY 14 SHIMIZU ATATAKA O FUKUMU
SPRINGS THAW (JANUARY 10 FULL MOON)

 

SEASON 69 OF 72 AROUND JANUARY 15 - JANUARY 19 KIJI HAJIMETE NAKU
PHEASANTS START TO CALL (JANUARY 15 WANING GIBBOUS)

SEASON 70 OF 72 AROUND JANUARY 20 - JANUARY 24 FUKI NO HANA SAKU
BUTTERBURS BUD (JANUARY 24 NEW MOON)

 

SEASON 71 OF 72 AROUND JANUARY 25 - JANUARY 29 SAWAMIZU KŌRI TSUMERU
ICE THICKENS ON STREAMS (JANUARY 27 WAXING CRESCENT)

SEASON 72 OF 72 AROUND JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 3 NIWATORI HAJIMETE TOYA NI TSUKU
THE CHICKEN LAYS HER FIRST EGGS (FEBRUARY 2 FIRST QUARTER)

 
 

72 SEASONS’ MOONS, 2020
Micronized Silver, Natural Indigo, Wood Panel
96 x 108 x 0.75 in (244 x 274 x 2 cm)