Senzoku no Ike (Snow on Senzoku Pond), Kawase Hasui

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Kawase Hasui, Senzoku no Ike (Snow on Senzoku Pond)
Kawase Hasui, Senzoku no Ike (Snow on Senzoku Pond)
Kawase Hasui
Senzoku no Ike (Snow on Senzoku Pond)
1928, Showa period (1926–1989)
Kawase Hasui
1883–1957
Senzoku no Ike (Snow on Senzoku Pond), 1928, Showa period (1926–1989)
Portfolio/Series title: Tokyo nijūkkei (Twenty Views of Tokyo)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 36.2 x 24.2 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Fina C. Ott
Accession number: 1979.0176
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Archive Label 2003: Hasui, who began his career as a painter, traveled throughout Japan sketching scenic spots to be used as subjects for his woodcut prints. In this print of Senzoku Pond, near Tokyo, Hasui depicts a wintry landscape in blues and grays through the branches of the snow-laden pines in the foreground. Through his skillful use of light, Hasui imbues the gray sky with a glow that silhouettes the background trees and highlights the rippling water of the pond. Archive Label date unknown: Hasui is a sensitive, reflective artist and print designer who is often compared to Hiroshige for his remarkable ability to evoke the mood of a particular time or place. Like Hiroshige, his most successful prints are those depicting nature. Here three tall, snow-laden pine trees divide the foreground, setting the stage for the shadowy blue background trees silhouetted against a pale gray sky. A mood of quietude pervades, broken only by the gently falling soft, wet snowflakes and the rippling reflections of trees on the water.