Nagahama Beach in Mito (Mito Nagahama)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1937
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Nagahama Beach at Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture stretches along the Pacific coast south of the city, a broad sandy beach backed by pine groves. Hasui's 1937 oban likely shows the beach in a quiet season — the wide sand flat, the Pacific horizon, and the characteristic line of coastal pines that defines the eastern Japan shoreline from Choshi to Kashima. The broad, flat beach composition was a departure from the rocky cove and harbor views he produced elsewhere on the Ibaraki coast.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nagahama Beach in Mito (Mito Nagahama) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1937.
Nagahama Beach in Mito (Mito Nagahama) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1937).
Nagahama Beach in Mito (Mito Nagahama) depicts seascapes.