Dusk at the Kiba Lumber Yards (Kiba no yugure), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twelve Scenes of Tokyo
- Date:
- 1920
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.