Spot light
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- wbp
Description
A spotlight cuts through darkness in a theatrical or performance setting, the concentrated beam of artificial light creating a dramatic contrast with the surrounding black. Henmi's interest in modern urban life extended to the entertainment venues that defined Tokyo's public culture in the 1920s and 1930s, and the spotlight subject allowed him to explore the technical challenge of rendering artificial light — so different from the diffuse natural light of his landscape work — through the woodblock medium.
More Prints by Henmi Takashi
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Spot light was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Spot light depicts urban scenes and night scenes.