Jogakura Gorge, Mount Hakkoda (Translation)
Japanese Sceneries, Eastern Japan Series (Series Title)
川瀬巴水 日本風景集 東日本篇 八甲田城ケ倉 昭和十年五月 木版画 (Primary Title)
Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Hakkoda Jogakura (Transliterated Title)
Jogakura at Mt. Hakkoda (Donor's Title)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, Japanese, 1883 - 1957 (Artist)
Watanabe Shōzaburō 渡邊庄三郎, Japanese, 1885 - 1962 (Publisher)
In northeastern Honshu , Japan’s central island, the Hakkoda Mountains are covered in snow half the year. This warm-weather scene depicts Jogakura Gorge, a winding ravine carving through the Hakkoda mountainside. All is cloaked in shadow and thick foliage with the exception of the cliff in the foreground. Choppy waters break against its shingled, sunlit surface. In the 1930s, this print and twenty-three others were included in Hasui’s Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition.
Showa period (1926-1989)
Artist’s signature in ink and seal in red within image lower left: 巴水 Hasui
Publisher's seal (D) in lower right margin.
Inscribed in ink along left margin: 八甲田城ケ倉 昭和十年五月作
René and Carolyn Balcer Collection
"Mountain Scenes in Japan: Woodblock Prints by Kawase Hasui" February 16 - November 12, 2017, VMFA
1979渡辺／川瀬巴水…216／ 昭和十年五月 日本風景集 東日本篇 ワタナベ 16 八甲田城ケ倉
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