Irises
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1930s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.5 × 24.1 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
A dense field of irises fills the composition edge to edge, their blade-like green leaves crossing in overlapping diagonals beneath a flat pale-blue sky visible only at the top edge. The blossoms appear in white, deep purple, violet-blue, maroon, and pink-and-white variegated petals, each with a small yellow marking at the throat, clustered in irregular groupings across the picture plane with no single flower isolated as a focal point. A red circular seal appears in the lower right corner; this woodblock print in ink and color on paper, titled *Irises*, was made by Kawase Hasui in 1930.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Irises was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930s.
Irises was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930s).
Irises depicts birds & flowers and still life.
Irises measures 36.5 × 24.1 cm (Oban format).