Twilight C- oban
by Kaoru Kawano
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
The oban-format Twilight C gives Kawano's third twilight variant its largest and most developed expression. The bigger sheet allows him to extend the gradation between light and dark across a wider field, creating an image that surrounds the viewer in the particular quality of fading daylight. A figure within this atmosphere would be caught between the familiarity of the day and the mystery of the approaching night, suspended in the threshold moment the title names.
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Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
March 1933
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Twilight C- oban was created by Kaoru Kawano (川野薫).
Twilight C- oban depicts night scenes.