Kishu Dorohatcho (River Pool at Dorohatcho, Kishu) / Shin Nihon hyakkei 新日本百景 (One Hundred New Views of Japan, No. 61)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
- Image courtesy of
- British Museum
Description
Published as number 61 in the series Shin Nihon hyakkei (One Hundred New Views of Japan), this print depicts the Dorohatcho gorge in Kishu (present-day Wakayama Prefecture), a remote ravine carved by the Kitayama River whose walls of exposed mudstone rise steeply above a series of emerald pools. The gorge was accessible primarily by boat and was celebrated for its sculptural geology. Maekawa likely rendered the sheer rock faces in layered grays and ochres, with the still water below reflecting the cliffs or showing deep blue-green through flat color. The Shin Nihon hyakkei series placed his work within a long tradition of topographic landscape print publishing, updated through the sosaku-hanga approach of direct carving and personal interpretation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kishu Dorohatcho (River Pool at Dorohatcho, Kishu) / Shin Nihon hyakkei 新日本百景 (One Hundred New Views of Japan, No. 61) was created by Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆).
Kishu Dorohatcho (River Pool at Dorohatcho, Kishu) / Shin Nihon hyakkei 新日本百景 (One Hundred New Views of Japan, No. 61) depicts landscapes.