Spring Dusk at Yumoto Hot Springs, Hakone
箱根湯本 春の夕
箱根湯本 春の夕
Twilight settles over Yumoto, the gateway hot spring town of Hakone, in this atmospheric Watanabe-published landscape. Lifetime editions sell for $1,000-$2,500. The warm glow of the hot spring inn lights against the deepening dusk sky creates an inviting scene that evokes the relaxation and beauty of the traditional Japanese onsen experience.
Spring dusk at Yumoto Onsen in Hakone, 1953, finds the hot spring resort in the particular light of the transition between day and night — lanterns beginning to glow in the inns while the sky above the forested Hakone ridges still retains warmth. Kasamatsu captures a spring evening at this Hakone resort town, where the Hayakawa River flows through a valley of traditional ryokan. The combination of thermal steam, spring foliage, and dusk light creates the atmospheric density typical of his finest onsen prints.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
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1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring Dusk at Yumoto Hot Springs, Hakone (箱根湯本 春の夕) was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪) in 1953.
Spring Dusk at Yumoto Hot Springs, Hakone uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Spring Dusk at Yumoto Hot Springs, Hakone was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).
Spring Dusk at Yumoto Hot Springs, Hakone depicts night scenes, set at Hakone.
