Ushiku Marsh (Ushikunuma)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- n.d.
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Ushiku Marsh (Ushikunuma) in Ibaraki Prefecture is a large freshwater marsh east of Tsukuba, once abundant with lotus and waterfowl. This undated print likely shows the marsh in an unspecified season — the open water and reed margins in a flat, low-horizon composition that emphasized sky and reflection. The flat Ibaraki wetlands gave Hasui a landscape type quite different from the mountain and coastal views that dominated his travel output.
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Ushiku Marsh (Ushikunuma) depicts rivers & lakes.