Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Twenty Views of Tokyo (print 1 of 20)
- Date:
- 1927
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi) along the Nihonbashi River in central Tokyo was a wholesale market for vegetables and produce, its loading docks and moored barges active from early morning. This 1927 oban from the Twenty Views of Tokyo catches the wharf at the quiet morning hour before trade begins — flat water reflecting the wharf buildings, a few boats at anchor, the sky brightening behind low clouds. The produce market subject gave Hasui an urban commercial landscape seldom depicted in woodblock prints.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1927.
Yes — Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 1 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1927).
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and famous places (meisho-e), set at Tokyo.