Evening Scene at Kandagawa
- Date:
- 1881 (Meiji 14)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e): ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24.4 × 36.2 cm
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
The Kanda River at Kandagawa — a shorter tributary of the Sumida flowing through the commercial districts of Kanda and Nihonbashi — is here depicted at evening in one of Kiyochika's early Meiji urban landscape prints from 1881. The canal's wooden retaining walls and moored boats reflect the last light of day, while figures on the embankment move in the gathering dusk. The print documents a stretch of Tokyo waterway that was rapidly being channelled and built over as urban development accelerated through the 1880s.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Evening Scene at Kandagawa was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1881 (Meiji 14).
Evening Scene at Kandagawa depicts night scenes.
Evening Scene at Kandagawa measures 24.4 × 36.2 cm (Oban format).