Terajima Village on a Snowy Evening, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo"
東京十二題 雪に暮るる寺島村
- Birth Year
- 1883
- Death Year
- 1957
- Date
- 1920
- Technique, Material, Format
- woodblock
- Dimension
- 36.2 x 24.3 cm
- Donor name
- Mr. Kojima Yutaka (formerly owned by Kojima Usui)
- Category
- Print by Japanese Artist
- Inventory Number
- 2003-PRJ-125
Kawase Hasui studied with Ito Shinsui and was greatly impressed by his colleague’s landscape prints. After a meeting with Watanabe Shozaburo, a publisher who sought to revive the Edo Period (1603–1868) tradition of ukiyo-e and its system of collaboration between dedicated artists, engravers, and printers, Hasui chose the path of ukiyo-e artist. It was this series, dubbed Twelve Scenes of Tokyo and made from the summer of 1919 to the spring of 1921, that established his reputation. Born and raised in Tokyo and with an easygoing sensibility, Hasui weaved his nostalgia for Edo Period life and culture into twelve refreshing views that weren’t confined to the city’s established landmarks.
Dusk falls in the village of Terajima, home of Shirahige Shrine. Fires in the hearths illuminate the houses as passersby on the slope in the foreground dwindle... This snowy vista reminded Hasui of a scene from a Kyogen play.
(SAKAMOTO Kyoko)
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