Daybreak over Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no akatsuki)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Daybreak over Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no akatsuki), published in 1931, depicts the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in the first light of dawn — the akatsuki (deep pre-dawn dark) when the sky begins its barely-perceptible transition from black to indigo, with Fuji's silhouette barely distinguishable from the surrounding darkness but becoming incrementally clearer as the dawn advances. Lake Yamanaka is the highest and easternmost of the five lakes, situated so that Fuji's eastern face (the face that catches the first morning light) dominates the view from its northern shore. The 1931 composition captures the most extreme of dawn's transitional moments.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Daybreak over Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no akatsuki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1931.
Daybreak over Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no akatsuki) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Daybreak over Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no akatsuki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1931).
Daybreak over Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no akatsuki) depicts rivers & lakes.