Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge (Kintaikyo no shunsho)
Kintaikyo no shunsho
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1947
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24.3 × 36.4 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge, published in 1947, depicts the celebrated five-arch wooden bridge at Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture under the warm light of a spring evening — cherry blossoms on the banks, the river reflecting the sky's last color, the bridge's graceful arches spanning the Nishiki River in the soft dusk. This 1947 composition revisits a subject Hasui first treated in the 1924 Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series, and the postwar date gives it a poignant quality: the bridge, destroyed by a typhoon flood in 1950 and rebuilt in 1953, was in its final years when Hasui depicted it. The spring setting and evening light amplify the composition's lyrical mood.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge (Kintaikyo no shunsho) (Kintaikyo no shunsho) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1947.
Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge (Kintaikyo no shunsho) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge (Kintaikyo no shunsho) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1947).
Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge (Kintaikyo no shunsho) depicts landscapes, spring, and bridges.
Spring Evening at the Kintai Bridge (Kintaikyo no shunsho) measures 24.3 × 36.4 cm (Oban format).