Distant Clouds over the Sea (Kaijo un'en)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1935
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A pine-covered rocky coastline frames a calm sea beneath a pale pink sky banked with rows of soft grey-mauve clouds; a two-masted sailboat drifts near the horizon, its reflection visible on the water. Dark green pines with gnarled trunks occupy the foreground on a rocky point at left, with a further grassy, tree-dotted headland descending to the water on the right; white foam laps among scattered dark rocks along the shore. Kawase Hasui's 1935 oban color woodblock print "Distant Clouds over the Sea (Kaijo un'en)" renders the scene in a muted palette of blue, green, and pink, with an inscribed New Year's greeting along the bottom margin.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Distant Clouds over the Sea (Kaijo un'en) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1935.
Distant Clouds over the Sea (Kaijo un'en) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1935).
Distant Clouds over the Sea (Kaijo un'en) depicts seascapes.