Tadotsu, Sanuki Province (Sanshu Tadotsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1936
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A tall stone stepping-stone lantern (dai-dōrō) with a two-tiered roof and square lamp chamber dominates the foreground, standing atop a paved stone jetty, with a smaller matching lantern visible at the water's edge to the left. The sky transitions from teal at the top through pale orange to pink near the horizon, suggesting dawn or dusk, with low blue hills across the water and a distant sailboat and mast/flag pole on the right. The stone paving in the foreground is rendered in mottled grey-green tones, with a rope or chain strung along low posts leading toward the lantern; no human figures are present.
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Tadotsu, Sanuki Province (Sanshu Tadotsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1936.
Tadotsu, Sanuki Province (Sanshu Tadotsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Tadotsu, Sanuki Province (Sanshu Tadotsu), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)" depicts landscapes and famous places (meisho-e).