Shirahama Hot Spring
by Takeji Asano
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Unsodo
- Source:
- Ukiyo-e.org (via Artelino)
Description
Shirahama Hot Spring presents the famous coastal hot spring resort on the Kii Peninsula — one of Japan's most celebrated onsen destinations — through what appears to be a figure subject (the nude tag suggests bathers rather than pure landscape). The hot spring bath, where visitors would sit in naturally heated mineral water while gazing at the Pacific, was a subject combining the sensory pleasures of immersion in warm water with the visual pleasure of sea and sky. Asano's rendering may capture the bath itself or the figures within it in a manner that blended genre and landscape.
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Tsuta Hot Springs in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Tsuta onsen), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
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1919
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Namari Spa, Iwate Prefecture (Iwate ken Namari onsen)
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Autumn at the Arayu Hot Spring, Shiobara
Autumn 1920
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Arifuku Spa, Iwami, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Iwami Arifuku onsen)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shirahama Hot Spring was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Shirahama Hot Spring uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Shirahama Hot Spring was published by Unsodo.
Shirahama Hot Spring depicts nude.