Tagonoura Bridge (Tagonourabashi)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Tagonoura Bridge, published in 1930, depicts the bridge over the Fujikawa river-mouth or the coastal inlet at Tagonoura — a bay in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture long celebrated in poetry (it appears in the Man'yoshu) as a vantage point for viewing Mount Fuji over the sea. The bridge spanning the inlet water with the possibility of Fuji visible in the background would have given Hasui a composition combining the local waterway with the iconic mountain whose presence pervades the eastern Shizuoka coastline. The bokashi sky characteristic of this composition gives the coastal atmosphere its characteristically soft, mist-inflected quality.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tagonoura Bridge (Tagonourabashi) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930.
Tagonoura Bridge (Tagonourabashi) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Tagonoura Bridge (Tagonourabashi) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Tagonoura Bridge (Tagonourabashi) depicts landscapes and bridges.