Night views with moonlight and lantern effects carry a 20–30% premium over comparable daytime scenes. The dramatic tonal contrasts required for nocturnal subjects make impression quality especially important — fine examples from pre-war printings show a depth of color that later editions rarely match. Prints with well-preserved black areas and accurate moonlight bokashi command the highest prices. Postwar lifetime editions (1946–1957) bearing the small 6mm J-seal represent authentic lifetime impressions but from the artist's final decade.
The Ote Gate — the main gate of Edo Castle on the eastern side of the palace complex — appears here at springtime evening in this 1952 print, the stone walls and the gate's wooden structure in the warm amber light of late spring dusk. Cherry blossoms may be visible in the castle grounds beyond the gate, the spring evening bringing together two of the season's most characteristic elements. [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations carry the sky from a warm spring blue to the first tones of evening.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Springtime Evening, Ōte Gate was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1952.
Springtime Evening, Ōte Gate uses Bokashi, on woodblock print, ink and color on paper.
Springtime Evening, Ōte Gate was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1952).
Springtime Evening, Ōte Gate depicts spring, night scenes, and architecture.
Springtime Evening, Ōte Gate measures 36.4 × 24.3 cm (Oban format).
