Shotei produced a wide range of subjects throughout his career under publishers Watanabe and Daikokuya. Signed, sealed lifetime editions consistently outperform unsigned export-market copies.
Nagareyama, a riverside town on the Edo River northeast of Tokyo, was a gateway to the flat agricultural landscape of the Kanto plain — a world of canals, rice paddies, and wooden farmhouses that the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) movement captured before modernization transformed it. Shotei's treatment of the location likely shows a riverside view or town approach, the gentle landscape offering a counterpoint to the more dramatic mountain and coastal scenery he also favored. The setting represents the quiet, overlooked Japan that Shotei found equally worthy of artistic attention.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nagareyama was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Nagareyama was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Nagareyama depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and village scenes.
