Evening in Beppu (Beppu no yu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
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-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Evening in Beppu, from the Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series published in 1929, depicts the geothermally active spa resort town of Beppu on Kyushu's Oita coast at dusk — a town so abundant in hot spring steam that columns of vapor rise from the streets, rooftops, and shoreline, creating an otherworldly atmospheric effect in the evening light. The beppu no yu (Beppu's hot water) subject — capturing the town's constant steam emission as an atmospheric element in the landscape — is among the most distinctive subjects in Hasui's Kyushu documentation, the evening light turning the rising steam columns golden against the darkening Beppu Bay horizon.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![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)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Evening in Beppu (Beppu no yu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1929.
Yes — Evening in Beppu (Beppu no yu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" is part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series series by Kawase Hasui.
Evening in Beppu (Beppu no yu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1929).
Evening in Beppu (Beppu no yu), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)" depicts night scenes and travel scenes.
