Twilight in the Village, Nara
by Takeji Asano
- Date:
- ca. 1950s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Unsodo
- Source:
- Ukiyo-e.org (via Artelino)
Description
Twilight in the Village, Nara, dated to the early 1950s, presents a rural or semi-rural scene in the old capital's environs in the particular atmospheric conditions of fading daylight. The Nara countryside — rice fields, traditional farmhouses, the presence of deer who roamed freely through the ancient city — offered Asano a pastoral subject distinct from the temple and shrine architecture for which his Nara compositions were best known. At twilight, the familiar landscape took on a dreamlike quality, the soft light dissolving precise forms into something more atmospheric and evocative.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Twilight in the Village, Nara was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二) in ca. 1950s.
Twilight in the Village, Nara uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Twilight in the Village, Nara was published by Unsodo (ca. 1950s).
Twilight in the Village, Nara depicts night scenes and village scenes, set at Nara.