Sinobazu Pond At Night
by Koho Shoda
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Koho Shoda
$200–$1,500. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Shoda Koho's elegant nature prints are beautifully produced and accessible to beginning collectors.
Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo's Ueno district appears in this [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print as a dark, reflective surface under the night sky. The pond, famous for its lotus plants, was a popular subject for Meiji and Taisho-era artists who sought to capture the intersection of nature and urban life in the capital. Shoda renders the scene at night, when the pond's daytime bustle gives way to a meditative calm. The surrounding trees and distant buildings are reduced to dark silhouettes against a sky that retains just enough light to distinguish it from the water below. Reflections on the pond's surface create a second, inverted landscape that doubles the composition's depth. Shoda's Shinobazu is a place of urban solitude, a pocket of natural quiet surrounded by the invisible city.
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1920
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sinobazu Pond At Night was created by Koho Shoda (庄田耕峰).
Sinobazu Pond At Night depicts rivers & lakes and night scenes.
