Small Boat in a Spring Shower
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A small boat carrying a single lantern-lit figure drifts on a calm river or inlet, framed by rounded, pine-covered hills on both banks. The palette is muted blue-grey and green, with fine diagonal hatching across the sky suggesting falling rain, and a soft grey mist softening the distant hillsides. The overall mood is quiet and subdued, in keeping with the woodblock print's title, "Small Boat in a Spring Shower," by Kawase Hasui.
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Small Boat in a Spring Shower was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Small Boat in a Spring Shower depicts seascapes.