Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
Mist settles over Shinobazu Pond in Ueno at evening, the outlines of the Bentendo shrine and surrounding trees dissolving into atmospheric haze while the water surface darkens. Kasamatsu's multiple treatments of this subject explore how the same landscape transforms across different conditions of light and atmosphere. This version focuses on the pond's characteristic early-evening mist, when the water-saturated air creates a zone of indistinction between pond and sky that his printmaking technique renders through careful bokashi gradation.
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Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond depicts rivers & lakes and night scenes, set at Tokyo, Shinobazu Pond.