Hope
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A single word title — "Hope" — suggests Shotei stepped outside his usual descriptive practice to give a work a purely emotional designation. The subject matter may be a sunrise, a clearing sky after storm, a young plant pushing through snow, or a figure poised at the beginning of a journey — any of the visual metaphors for hope that Japanese and Western artistic traditions shared. The title choice reflects the internationalism of the shin-hanga movement and Shotei's awareness of his Western audience.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hope was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Hope was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hope depicts landscapes and snow scenes.