Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke))
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- March 1932
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A gnarled, wind-bent pine tree with dark green foliage dominates the right side of the composition, its trunk and sweeping branches set against a deep blue sky filled with white clouds. Below, a dirt path winds through a grassy, ochre-toned embankment toward a pale, misty strip of water where faint industrial silhouettes (smokestacks and rooftops) are visible on the far shore. "Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach" (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke)), a color woodblock print by Kawase Hasui, 1932.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke)) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in March 1932.
Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke)) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (March 1932).
Misty Morning, Yotsuya Approach (Kiri no asa (Yotsuya mitsuke)) depicts urban scenes, spring, and bridges.