Sunset at Tsukishima
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- wbp
Description
Tsukishima is a reclaimed island in Tokyo Bay, its streets built on landfill in the late Meiji period and soon populated with the working-class communities of the city's expanding port district. Henmi knew this part of Tokyo well, having contributed to One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, and a sunset seen from this industrial waterfront would combine the natural beauty of evening light with the man-made landscape of a working harbor. The subject combines the romantic tradition of sunset imagery with the gritty modernity of urban Tokyo.
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
Sunset at Tsukishima was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Sunset at Tsukishima depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and seascapes.