Coming Home - Kison
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A figure — likely a woman — returns home through a landscape that suggests both arrival and the comfort of familiar places after a journey. The title "Kison" may refer to a place name or a poetic allusion, the specificity of the reference balancing the universality of the homecoming moment. Shotei renders the figure's return with the same quiet attentiveness he brought to all his figure-in-landscape compositions, the human presence completing the landscape rather than dominating it.
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Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
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Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
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The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
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Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
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Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
Coming Home - Kison was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Coming Home - Kison was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Coming Home - Kison depicts landscapes, figures, and travel scenes.