Chubu National Mountain Range — 国立 中部山岳
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
This print depicts a view within the Chubu Sangaku National Park, established in 1934 in the Japanese Alps of central Honshu. Hasui's alpine compositions in this series typically feature jagged peaks, glacial cirques, and high-altitude snowfields rendered with flat color blocks and carefully graded bokashi passages to convey altitude and cold air clarity. The composition likely presents a panoramic or upward-looking perspective emphasizing the verticality and scale of the Northern or Central Alps. The limited palette favored in mountain prints — deep blue skies graduating to white near the ridgeline, with ochre and grey rock faces — required precise registration across multiple blocks. This is one of four recorded versions of the composition.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
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Chubu National Mountain Range — 国立 中部山岳 depicts landscapes.