Yanagiwara ya-u
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- British Museum
Typical Price
- Fine condition war print with vivid color: $500–$1,500
- Good condition battle scene: $150–$600
- Standard war print: $80–$250
Description
Yanagiwara ya-u — "Evening rain at Yanagiwara" — identifies this undated print as a rain-and-evening composition at the willow-lined Kanda River embankment that was one of Kiyochika's most productive subjects in his Tokyo meisho career. The Yanagiwara district's combination of weeping willows, canal atmosphere, and lantern-lit commerce made it the ideal site for his rain-and-night compositional style. This variant of the dated 1881 Rainy Night at Yanagiwara likely belongs to the same documentation project, perhaps a different vantage point or different rain conditions.
More Prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
Yanagiwara ya-u was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Yanagiwara ya-u depicts urban scenes, rivers & lakes, and night scenes.