Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
Komagatagashi
by Kawase Hasui
Komagatagashi
by Kawase Hasui
From one of Hasui's early Tokyo series — the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo or Twelve Months of Tokyo, documenting the city's neighborhoods with seasonal precision. These series are the predecessors to the landmark Twenty Views of Tokyo and carry collector interest for their historical documentation of interwar Tokyo. Snow and night scenes within these series command the highest premiums; atmospheric daytime scenes trade at moderate prices. Pre-earthquake impressions (before September 1923) are the rarest of all, as the Kanto Earthquake destroyed Watanabe's workshop and most early blocks.
Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series published in 1919, depicts the waterfront embankment at Komagata in the Asakusa district of Tokyo — one of the stops along the Sumida River where passengers boarded the river ferries that were the city's primary east-west transportation before the modern bridges. The Komagata area, near the famous Azuma Bridge and Asakusa's temple complex, was one of the most active stretches of the Sumida's western bank, and Hasui's 1919 composition captures its riverfront atmosphere in the final years of Meiji-era Tokyo. The [oban](/glossary/oban) format and [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) sky give this early print its characteristic tonal depth.
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" (Komagatagashi) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1919.
Yes — Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" is part of the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series (print 1 of 12) by Kawase Hasui.
Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; oban.
Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1919).
Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" depicts edo & tokyo, set at Tokyo.
Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" measures 39.2 × 26.6 cm (Oban format).
