Chikugo River
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
The Chikugo River — the longest river in Kyushu, flowing through the Chikugo Plain that was Yoshida's homeland — appears in this undated print as a broad, unhurried waterway embedded in the agricultural landscape of his origins. Yoshida returned to the Chikugo repeatedly across his career, rendering its moods at different seasons and times of day with an intimacy born of deep familiarity. The river provided him with the quiet, inland counterpoint to the dramatic seascapes and mountain compositions for which he is better known — a subject where personal memory inflected the artistic observation. Its wide, slow-moving character gave him space to explore the subtle gradations of light on flat water that his jizuri technique excelled at rendering.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Chikugo River was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博).
Chikugo River uses Moku-hanga, Nishiki-e, and Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Chikugo River was published by Yoshida Studio.
Chikugo River depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.