Evening View at Otemon Gate in Spring
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Image courtesy of
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Description
A weeping willow with slender drooping branches leans over a still moat or pond in the foreground, its reflection faint in the water. Beyond the water rises a stone embankment wall with a turreted gate structure and clusters of trees, set against a pale dusky sky shading from soft orange near the horizon to blue-grey above. The scene is quiet and empty of figures, rendered in muted blues, greens, and earth tones typical of the woodblock medium.
More Prints by Kawase Hasui
More Night Scenes Prints
Evening in East Africa
Woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
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)
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)"
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Evening View at Otemon Gate in Spring was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Evening View at Otemon Gate in Spring depicts night scenes.