Shinobazu Pond at Night
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- April 1932
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.3 × 24 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A deep indigo night sky and water frame a pond bordered by a metal railing, with two bare, leafless trees silhouetted in the right foreground. Across the water, a lit cityscape of buildings and streetlamps glows in orange, yellow, and white, their reflections rippling on the blue-black surface of the pond. "Shinobazu Pond at Night," a color woodblock print by Kawase Hasui, 1932.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shinobazu Pond at Night was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in April 1932.
Shinobazu Pond at Night uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Shinobazu Pond at Night was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (April 1932).
Shinobazu Pond at Night depicts rivers & lakes and night scenes, set at Tokyo, Shinobazu Pond.
Shinobazu Pond at Night measures 36.3 × 24 cm (Oban format).