In Spring
by Ito Shinsui
- Date:
- 1912
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 50 × 25.2 cm
- Publisher:
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.
One of Shinsui's earliest surviving works, this 1912 spring landscape was produced when he was approximately fourteen years old, making it among the most precocious examples of professional landscape work by a young artist in the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) canon. The composition—a spring scene using the delicate color palette and [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) printing that would define his mature work—already shows a sensitivity to atmospheric light and seasonal mood that belies the artist's age. The print documents the very beginning of a sixty-year career.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
In Spring was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水) in 1912.
In Spring uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
In Spring was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1912).
In Spring depicts spring.
In Spring measures 50 × 25.2 cm (Oban format).
