Lake Kawaguchi
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Lake Kawaguchi (Kawaguchiko), the most easily accessible of the Fuji Five Lakes, offered the clearest reflected-Fuji views and the most established tourist infrastructure by the early twentieth century. Shotei renders the lake in characteristically atmospheric terms — the mountain above, its reflection below, the sky and water meeting in a continuous tonal gradation created by careful bokashi. The specific compositional angle and the quality of light suggest a particular time of day or season from which Kawaguchi's Fuji views are most dramatically achieved.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lake Kawaguchi was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Lake Kawaguchi uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Lake Kawaguchi was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Lake Kawaguchi depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.