Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1941
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Lake Matsubara in Shinshu, published in 1941, depicts the small alpine lake of Matsubarako in the Azumino (Minamiazumi) highlands of Nagano Prefecture — a clear lake set at the base of the Higashi Azumino mountains, surrounded by larch and birch forest that turns brilliant yellow in autumn. Lake Matsubara's position at the edge of the North Alps foothills gave Hasui a composition combining the lake's reflective surface with the surrounding mountain backdrop, its waters still and clear in a way that created exceptional reflection subjects. The 1941 wartime date places this among Hasui's domestic landscape documentation during the war years.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1941.
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1941).
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.