River Boats in the Evening
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Flat-bottomed river boats drift through the evening on a Japanese waterway — the boatmen's poles or oars catching the last light, the water's surface a deepening reflection of the dimming sky. Shotei renders the boat traffic of Japanese rivers with the same atmospheric attention he brought to harbor and coastal subjects, the intimate scale of river transport providing a human dimension absent from open-sea compositions. The evening light, working through careful bokashi gradation, transforms the working river into a scene of considerable lyric beauty.
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Frequently Asked Questions
River Boats in the Evening was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
River Boats in the Evening uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
River Boats in the Evening was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
River Boats in the Evening depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and night scenes.