Yotsuya Mitsuke ukei (Rain at Yotsuya Mitsuke) / Shin Tokyo hyakkei (One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, No. 22)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
Description
A print from One Hundred New Views of Tokyo — the landmark sosaku-hanga series that Henmi co-organized with Hiratsuka Un'ichi and others — depicting rain at Yotsuya Mitsuke, the intersection at the edge of the old Edo moat system near Yotsuya station. Number 22 in the series captures this urban crossing in wet weather, the rain transforming the familiar modern streetscape into a landscape of reflections and diminished visibility, the city seen through a scrim of water.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yotsuya Mitsuke ukei (Rain at Yotsuya Mitsuke) / Shin Tokyo hyakkei (One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, No. 22) was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Yotsuya Mitsuke ukei (Rain at Yotsuya Mitsuke) / Shin Tokyo hyakkei (One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, No. 22) depicts landscapes and rain, set at Tokyo.