Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
Toyama no hara
by Kawase Hasui
Toyama no hara
by Kawase Hasui
From one of Hasui's early Tokyo series — the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo or Twelve Months of Tokyo, documenting the city's neighborhoods with seasonal precision. These series are the predecessors to the landmark Twenty Views of Tokyo and carry collector interest for their historical documentation of interwar Tokyo. Snow and night scenes within these series command the highest premiums; atmospheric daytime scenes trade at moderate prices. Pre-earthquake impressions (before September 1923) are the rarest of all, as the Kanto Earthquake destroyed Watanabe's workshop and most early blocks.
Toyama Plain, from the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series published in 1920, depicts the Toyamagahara district — the broad flat area west of Shinjuku that was then the site of military parade grounds and rifle ranges on the edge of the built city — as a distinctly open, rural-feeling subject within a Tokyo series. The inclusion of this semi-rural highland plain in the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo, alongside the Sumida riverbank and Asakusa temple, reflects the still-peripheral character of west Tokyo in the early 1920s. The [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) sky gives the flat plain's expansive horizon its characteristic atmospheric depth.
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" (Toyama no hara) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1920.
Yes — Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" is part of the Twelve Scenes of Tokyo series (print 4 of 12) by Kawase Hasui.
Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920).
Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" depicts edo & tokyo, set at Tokyo.
Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)" measures 26.5 × 38.5 cm (Oban format).
