Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 69008
Sunset Glow at Nakoso- Fukushima
- Artist / 作者
- Kawase Hasui川瀬巴水
- Date / 年代
- 1954
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 405 × 1200 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 青木ソラ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Monday, 29 August 2005 This fantastic Hasui print (and another, similar one) just came out of a San Francisco estate. It depicts the coastline of Fukushima, as seen from Nakoso at sunset. A man and woman walk down the seaside road, with baskets on their backs. Five trees are silhouetted against the dramatic sunset sky. As was Hasui’s (and Watanabe’s) specialty, there are no less than four different areas of bokoshi! Appropriately, it’s titled "Sunset Glow at Nakoso". I can’t read the notations in the left margin, but I know that the image dates from 1954. I don’t know exactly when this print was pulled, but it bears the red Watanabe seal in the lower-right corner. The seal appears to be 6.5…
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