Kankai Pavilion, Wakaura Beach (Wakaura Kankaikaku)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1950
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Kankai Pavilion at Wakaura Beach, published in 1950, depicts the Kankaikaku — the pavilion overlooking Waka Bay near Wakayama city — a scenic viewing platform above the pine-covered islands of Waka Inlet where the Seto Inland Sea transitions to the Pacific approaches. Wakaura has been celebrated since ancient times for its scenery (it appears in the Man'yoshu), and the pavilion's elevated position above the curved inlet with its pine-topped islets gave Hasui a subject combining classical Japanese landscape elements with the atmospheric quality of the Wakayama coast. The 1950 date places this among his postwar revisits to the Kansai region's celebrated scenic sites.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kankai Pavilion, Wakaura Beach (Wakaura Kankaikaku) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1950.
Kankai Pavilion, Wakaura Beach (Wakaura Kankaikaku) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1950).
Kankai Pavilion, Wakaura Beach (Wakaura Kankaikaku) depicts seascapes and architecture.