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Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu) by Kawase Hasui — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, 1930

Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu)

by Kawase Hasui

Shin-hanga
Night Scenes
Date:
1930
Medium:
Color woodblock print; oban
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

Dusk at Itako, published in 1930, depicts the canal town of Itako in the Suigo wetlands of Ibaraki Prefecture at dusk — the yu hour when the light on the water and iris canals shifts from afternoon gold to the deep blue of early evening, the town's fishing boats at their moorings and the willow-lined waterways beginning to lose their color in the gathering dark. The dusk subject at Itako captures the water town at its most transitional: between day's activity and night's stillness, between the color of sunset and the monochrome of darkness. The yu treatment gives Hasui's water-town subject its most atmospheric moment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930.

Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).

Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu) depicts night scenes.