Lake Shibayama in Kaga
by Ito Takashi
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Ito Takashi
$500–$5,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Ito Takashi's prints published by Doi Hangaten are the most sought after. Night scenes and snow views command premiums.
Lake Shibayama in the Kaga region of Ishikawa Prefecture is the subject of this oban woodblock print. Ito Takashi renders the lake's still surface as a mirror for surrounding vegetation and sky, using multiple printing passes to achieve the translucent layering that distinguishes reflected color from direct color. The Kaga region, on the Japan Sea coast, offered Ito landscapes with a different quality of light and atmosphere than the Pacific-facing views that dominated mainstream shin-hanga production. The lake sits in relatively flat terrain, giving the composition a low horizon line and expansive sky that Ito fills with carefully graded tonal transitions. This emphasis on horizontal calm and reflected light places the print among Ito's most contemplative works, where the subject is less the place itself than the quality of stillness that the place contains.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Lake Shibayama in Kaga was created by Ito Takashi (伊東孝).
Lake Shibayama in Kaga depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.
