Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水
Japanese, 1883-1957
Kozu, Osaka, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
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Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水
Japanese, 1883-19571924
Kozu, Osaka, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1924
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
36.6 × 24.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection
In this image, a single star is visible in the clear, dark blue sky above the distant lights of Osaka. The moon, somewhere behind the viewer and to the left, bathes the area in light. The shadows of unseen trees darken the paving stones, which are washed with a soft glow.
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