Countryside in Sunlit Haze (1)
by Yuhan Ito
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Fields and farmland dissolve into golden haze in this landscape by Yuhan Ito, the countryside losing its hard edges under the weight of warm midday light. Ito was drawn repeatedly to these transitional moments — when atmosphere softens a scene into something close to memory — and here the sunlit haze functions almost as a subject in itself. The result is a print that feels less like a document of a specific place than a distillation of the feeling of late summer in rural Japan.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Countryside in Sunlit Haze (1) was created by Yuhan Ito (伊藤雄半).
Countryside in Sunlit Haze (1) depicts landscapes.