Evening at Tagonoura
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ronin Gallery
- Image courtesy of
- Ronin Gallery
Description
A second printing of Hasui's Tagonoura evening composition, this woodblock print shares the same subject as the related Tago no Ura views in Hasui's output: the shallow bay in Shizuoka Prefecture, the distant silhouette of Mt. Fuji, and the quiet surface of the water at the end of day. Multiple editions of popular Hasui compositions were common practice under publisher Watanabe Shôzaburô, and successive printings sometimes exhibit variation in color tonality, ink density, or marginal trim. Close examination of the sky's bokashi gradation and the handling of reflections on the water surface can help distinguish one printing from another. The composition typifies Hasui's approach to meisho-e, recasting a classical poetic site in the contemplative mood of shin-hanga landscape.
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Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
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![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Moon at Nakanoshima, Sapporo (Sapporo Nakanoshima no yuzuki), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen)"
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Color woodblock print; oban
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Evening at Tagonoura was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Evening at Tagonoura depicts night scenes.