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Amaharashi Coast in Toyama by Tomikichiro Tokuriki — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Amaharashi Coast in Toyama

by Tomikichiro Tokuriki

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

This second Amaharashi Coast composition would offer Tokuriki's alternative treatment of the same Toyama Bay vista — a common practice in his output, where favored scenes received multiple interpretations across different seasons, times of day, or compositional angles. The view across to the Tateyama range invites variation: summer haze versus winter clarity, foreground rock formations from different vantages, or shifts in tide level revealing different beach surfaces. Tokuriki's productivity across an estimated five thousand prints meant frequent revisitation of subjects, allowing technical refinement and seasonal completeness within his oeuvre. The Seascapes designation suggests this version, like its companion, foregrounds the marine elements — likely with bokashi gradation handling the transition between water and sky. Such paired compositions belong to a tradition stretching back to Hiroshige's seasonal series, and Tokuriki's commitment to systematic documentation of Japan's meisho aligns him with the topographic ambitions of the Edo masters as much as with his own twentieth-century shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga peers.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Amaharashi Coast in Toyama was created by Tomikichiro Tokuriki (徳力富吉郎).

Amaharashi Coast in Toyama depicts seascapes.