Morning at a Seaside Village
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A 1929 print depicting a coastal settlement at dawn, the quiet morning light casting long shadows across boats and buildings before the day's activity begins. Henmi's morning subjects often carry the particular quality of early light — the world not yet fully resolved, colors still subdued, forms emerging from the night — that suited both his poetic sensibility and his technical mastery of tonal gradation in color woodblock printing. The sea in the early morning had its own silence distinct from the midday bustle of harbor activity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Morning at a Seaside Village was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享) in 1929.
Morning at a Seaside Village depicts seascapes and village scenes.