Afterglow at Shirahama Beach
by Ito Shinsui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
by Ito Shinsui
Shinsui's extensive oeuvre spans bijin-ga, landscapes, and genre subjects. Auction averages over 12 months reflect healthy collector demand across all subject types.
The famous white beach at Shirahama bathed in the warm afterglow of a Pacific sunset, the sky over the Kii Peninsula shifting through gold and rose above the sea. Shinsui visited Shirahama repeatedly in the late 1930s, producing prints at different hours and seasons that together amount to an extended study of this resort landscape. The afterglow—the brief interval after sunset when the sky is most intensely colored—was a subject that rewarded his mastery of [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradation.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Afterglow at Shirahama Beach was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水).
Afterglow at Shirahama Beach was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Afterglow at Shirahama Beach depicts seascapes.
