Panoramic view of Iwasaki Family Villa — 大泉水の全景
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Kawase Hasui
The fourth catalogued impression of Hasui's Iwasaki garden pond view (大泉水の全景) completes this group of related states. Across the four impressions, differences in paper tone, ink saturation, and the precision of registration between color blocks can be used to sequence the printing chronology and track block deterioration. Late impressions from worn blocks tend toward softer edges and muddier secondary colors, while early impressions retain the crisp line that the carver cut from Hasui's sketch. This print depicts the principal garden feature of the Kyu-Iwasaki-tei estate — a large strolling-garden pond bordered by mature trees — as a serene horizontal composition with water filling the lower register and open sky above.
Woodblock print

1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print

Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Panoramic view of Iwasaki Family Villa — 大泉水の全景 was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Panoramic view of Iwasaki Family Villa — 大泉水の全景 depicts daily life.