Lake Nojiri
- Date:
- 1956
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Description
Lake Nojiri, printed in 1956, presents a freshwater lake in Nagano Prefecture — a long-established summer resort area for both Japanese and foreign residents — with Hashimoto's characteristic geometric approach to water and landscape. The lake's still surface reflecting surrounding mountains or shoreline trees would have offered him an opportunity to explore the relationship between the actual landscape and its mirror image in the water, two geometric readings of the same visual information superimposed.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lake Nojiri was created by Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家) in 1956.
Lake Nojiri depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.