Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to understand the way how people find out the nightscape' identity and the change of the way depending on each era. For this purpose, the expressions of nightscapes in UKIYOE paintings drawn among late Edo Era and early Meiji Era are focused on. So in this paper, to analyze the way of drawing in each era, following studies are tried: a)extracting elements of nightscape from each paintings and grasping its characteristics in each era, b)considering the intention of each characteristics and comparing one with another. As the result of studies above, it is clarified that people in late Edo Era found out nightscapes' identity in difference of forms which is depended on the change of human activities from daytime. And in early Meiji Era, people found out nightscapes' identity in difference of bright and dark, which is depended on the change of light situation.
