Shiragashi Castle (Shiragashijo)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1948
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A tiered white castle keep with dark grey-blue tiled roofs rises against a blue sky filled with bright, billowing clouds, its walls faintly tinged pink where sunlight catches the upper stories. Below, a stone-based outer wall and a strip of green lawn with small clipped shrubs lead the eye up toward the multi-gabled structure, with dark trees clustered at its base to the right. Kawase Hasui's 1948 color woodblock print "Shiragashi Castle (Shiragashijo)" renders the scene with no human figures present, in crisp, flat planes of color typical of the printed composition.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shiragashi Castle (Shiragashijo) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1948.
Shiragashi Castle (Shiragashijo) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1948).
Shiragashi Castle (Shiragashijo) depicts castles.