A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi)
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1946
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 33.5 × 24.6 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi in Miyagi Prefecture, published in 1946, depicts a rural farmhouse in the Ayashi village of present-day Sendai city — a thatched or tile-roofed traditional farmhouse set within its autumnal agricultural landscape of persimmon trees, rice paddy stubble, and zelkova turning gold. The 1946 publication date — the immediate postwar period — gives this warm autumnal rural subject a particular poignancy, the traditional farmhouse landscape representing a Japan largely untouched by the destruction of the war years. Hasui's village scenes of this period carry a documentary quality, preserving the vernacular agricultural landscape of Tohoku.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1946.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1946).
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) depicts autumn foliage and village scenes.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) measures 33.5 × 24.6 cm (Oban format).