Lake Hachirogata, Akita, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Akita Hachirogata)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1927
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Lake Hachirogata in Akita, from the Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series published in 1927, depicts the former shallow lagoon lake of Hachirogata in the Akita coastal plain — at the time Japan's second-largest lake, bounded by low earthworks and stretching across the flat agricultural landscape north of Akita city. The lake's extraordinary flatness and openness (later drained for agriculture in the postwar period) gave Hasui an unusually horizontal composition of still water, low reeds, and wide sky. The Rivers & Lakes and Bokashi tags indicate the atmospheric treatment appropriate to this vast, flat water subject.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lake Hachirogata, Akita, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Akita Hachirogata) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1927.
Yes — Lake Hachirogata, Akita, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Akita Hachirogata) is part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series series by Kawase Hasui.
Lake Hachirogata, Akita, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Akita Hachirogata) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Lake Hachirogata, Akita, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Akita Hachirogata) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1927).
Lake Hachirogata, Akita, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Akita Hachirogata) depicts rivers & lakes and travel scenes.