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Dawn at Kanda (Yagumo Myöjin) Shrine by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print

Dawn at Kanda (Yagumo Myöjin) Shrine

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Meiji/Taishō Prints
Night Scenes
Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Honolulu Museum of Art

Description

This print captures the Yakumo Myojin (also written Yagumo Myojin) shrine in the Kanda district of Tokyo at dawn, one of several shrine and temple subjects Kiyochika treated in his atmospheric Tokyo series. The composition likely features the shrine's torii gate or main hall set against a sky rendered with gradated bokashi tones moving from deep indigo to pale yellow at the horizon. Trees surrounding the precinct would appear as dark silhouettes against the luminous sky, a compositional device Kiyochika used to dramatic effect. The relative stillness of dawn — before worshippers or vendors arrive — gives the scene an introspective quality at odds with his busier urban compositions.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dawn at Kanda (Yagumo Myöjin) Shrine was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).

Dawn at Kanda (Yagumo Myöjin) Shrine depicts night scenes.