Kanago Village, Ibaraki Prefecture
Artist
Kawase Hasui
(Japanese, 1883 - 1957)
Publisher
Shozaburo Watanabe
(Japanese, 1885 - 1962)
CultureJapanese
Date1954
MediumColor woodblock print on laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 5/8 x 14 1/4 in. (24.4 x 36.2 cm)
Overall: 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (26.7 x 38.7 cm)
Overall: 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (26.7 x 38.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Momotaro Yanagida, Mayor of Moji, Japan, sister city of Norfolk
Object number61.72.15
On View
Not on viewLabel TextKawase Hasui Japanese, 1883–1957 Kanago Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, 1954 Color woodblock print on laid paper Kawase Hasui loved to travel, and many of his works are in the tradition of meisho-e, or pictures of famous places. Unlike earlier generations, the artists of the Shin-Hanga movement also visited obscure corners of Japan, finding beauty in little-known and unremarkable sites. Here, bright sunlight washes over a farming village 80 miles north of Tokyo, where two workers tend to the inekari, or rice harvesting, in the traditional Japanese manner. After being cut by hand, the stalks of rice are bundled and hung to dry on wooden racks. Gift of Momotarō Yanagida, Mayor of Moji, Japan, sister city of Norfolk 61.72.15 Catalogue raisonnéHote: cat. no. 596 Narazaki: cat. no. 552Exhibition History"Gifts from Japan: Landscape Woodblocks in the Shin-Hanga Style," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 24 - July 26, 2015.
