Shikishimagawara, Maebashi (Maebashi Shikishimagawara)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1942
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Shikishimagawara at Maebashi is the gravel riverbed of the Tone River near the Gunma capital, a broad pebbly strand where the river braids through channels during dry seasons. This 1942 print likely shows the wide riverbed in late season — the channels low, the gravel banks exposed, the distant mountains of the Gunma highlands on the horizon. The broad, flat Tone River scenery near Maebashi offered Hasui a wide-sky composition suited to the expansive Kanto plain.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shikishimagawara, Maebashi (Maebashi Shikishimagawara) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1942.
Shikishimagawara, Maebashi (Maebashi Shikishimagawara) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1942).
Shikishimagawara, Maebashi (Maebashi Shikishimagawara) depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and mountains.