Under the Blue Sky and Water
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A three-masted sailing ship with dark hull rides choppy blue waves, its white sails filled and hung with colorful signal flags and a long red streamer trailing from the topmast. The vessel sails left across the composition beneath a sky graduating from blue at top to pink and pale yellow near the horizon, with low hills visible in the distance at right. "Under the Blue Sky and Water," a woodblock print by Takahashi Shotei, date unknown.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Under the Blue Sky and Water was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Under the Blue Sky and Water was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Under the Blue Sky and Water depicts landscapes and seascapes.