Yabakei
- Date:
- 1918
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 37 × 50 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A landscape of Yabakei gorge in Oita Prefecture, produced in 1918 during what appears to have been a trip to Kyushu that inspired several of Goyo's landscape prints. The gorge — carved by the Yamakuni River through Permian limestone — offered dramatically vertical scenery that suited Goyo's interest in the tension between still water and towering rock. The mica applied to the paper surface gives the water an additional reflective quality that no purely optical description of the gorge could achieve.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yabakei was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in 1918.
Yabakei was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1918).
Yabakei depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and mountains.
Yabakei measures 37 × 50 cm (Oban format).