Distant clouds over sea
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
A single wooden sailboat with two ribbed, pinkish-white sails glides across a calm blue sea, a small dinghy trailing behind it and its reflection rippling in the water below. Pale lavender clouds drift across the upper portion of a sky that fades from soft pink near the horizon to blue above, with no figures clearly visible aboard the boat. Vertical Japanese text and a round red seal appear at the lower right. Woodblock print, "Distant Clouds over Sea," by Kawase Hasui.
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Distant clouds over sea was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Distant clouds over sea depicts seascapes.