Forest in the Middle of a Lake
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- wbp
Description
A forest growing on a small island within a lake — a landscape subject of unusual compositional elegance, the trees rising from the water and their forms reflected in its surface. Island forests within lakes were a subject associated with the ornamental lake gardens of Japanese aristocratic culture, the island as a composed element of the garden design. Kimura's contemporary treatment renders this subject with graphic simplification, the tree forms rising above the flat mirror of the surrounding water.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Forest in the Middle of a Lake was created by Kimura Yoshiharu (木村吉晴).
Forest in the Middle of a Lake depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.