In Slow Stream
Description
A figure drifts in a slow stream, or leans over one, in this quietly melancholy composition by Takehisa Yumeji, the water's languid movement matching the emotional tempo of the Yumeji-style figure who inhabits it. Water in Yumeji's prints is rarely active or dramatic — it flows slowly, reflects softly, and creates the kind of suspended, dreamy atmosphere that defined the Taisho Roman aesthetic to which he was central. The figure's engagement with the stream suggests reverie, a moment of private feeling at the water's edge.
More Prints by Takehisa Yumeji
More Rivers & Lakes Prints
Lake Chuzenji, Nikko (Nikko Chuzenjiko)
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Gosai Canal in Niigata (Niigata Gosaibori), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
The Hori River at Obama (Obama Horikawa), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Obama Horikawa
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Frequently Asked Questions
In Slow Stream was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
In Slow Stream depicts rivers & lakes.