Kiso River Glowing Light at Fuji (Kisogawa yugure no Fuji)
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
A nocturnal water scene — one of Hasui's most technically sophisticated subjects, requiring the master printing of both moonlight effects and water reflections simultaneously. Gallery retail for Moon at Magome (a comparable night-water scene) is listed at $15,000 by Egenolf Gallery. Moonlight over Kanazawa Canal (postwar, 1950) sold for $2,300 at Bonhams London (2022) even in a later edition — earlier impressions command substantially more.
Kiso River Glowing Light at Fuji, dated to the 1930s, depicts Mount Fuji seen from or over the Kiso River — an unusual vantage point given the Kiso runs west of Fuji through Nagano and Aichi, suggesting either a creative compositional juxtaposition or a view from the river's lower reaches near Suruga Bay. The yugure no Fuji (Fuji at dusk glow) subject combined two of Hasui's most productive themes — the sacred mountain and the river dusk scene — into a single composition where the setting sun's glow illuminates both the mountain's silhouette and the river's reflective surface. The [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) sky captures the gradated evening colors.
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kiso River Glowing Light at Fuji (Kisogawa yugure no Fuji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930s.
Kiso River Glowing Light at Fuji (Kisogawa yugure no Fuji) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kiso River Glowing Light at Fuji (Kisogawa yugure no Fuji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930s).
Kiso River Glowing Light at Fuji (Kisogawa yugure no Fuji) depicts rivers & lakes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
