Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards (Kiba no yugure), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
Night views with moonlight and lantern effects carry a 20–30% premium over comparable daytime scenes. The dramatic tonal contrasts required for nocturnal subjects make impression quality especially important — fine examples from pre-war printings show a depth of color that later editions rarely match. Prints with well-preserved black areas and accurate moonlight bokashi command the highest prices. Pre-earthquake impressions (before September 1923) are the rarest of all, as the Kanto Earthquake destroyed Watanabe's workshop and most early blocks.
Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards, from the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series published in 1920, depicts the Kiba district of Fukagawa — where the Edo River's networks of canals served as the staging area for the vast timber trade supplying Edo's construction industry — at dusk, the stacked lumber and floating log booms visible against the evening sky reflected in the dark canal water. The Kiba lumber yards were one of Edo's most distinctive industrial landscapes, the massive scale of the timber operation visible in the grid of canals and storage areas. This is among Hasui's earliest Tokyo series prints, its dusk light already demonstrating his distinctive atmospheric technique.
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards (Kiba no yugure), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1920.
Yes — Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards (Kiba no yugure), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" is part of the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series by Kawase Hasui.
Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards (Kiba no yugure), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards (Kiba no yugure), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920).
Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards (Kiba no yugure), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" depicts edo & tokyo and night scenes, set at Tokyo.
