Gyotoku, Imai Bridge in Late Afternoon
Artist
Kasamatsu Shiro
(Japanese, 1898 - 1991)
Publisher
Shozaburo Watanabe
(Japanese, 1885 - 1962)
CultureJapanese
Date1939
MediumColor woodblock print on laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (24.8 x 36.2 cm)
Overall: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 in. (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
Overall: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 in. (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
PortfolioEight Views of Suburban Tokyo (Tokyo Kinko Hakkei no uchi)
Credit LineGift of Momotaro Yanagida, Mayor of Moji, Japan, sister city of Norfolk
Object number61.72.6
On View
Not on viewLabel TextKasamatsu Shirō Japanese, 1898–1991 Gyotoku, Imai Bridge in Late Afternoon, 1939 From the series Eight Views of Suburban Tokyo Color woodblock print on laid paper Both Kasamatsu Shirō and his contemporary Kawase Hasui created images of this bridge in the eastern suburbs of Tokyo. Shirō intended his print for a series, but he never completed the larger project. As Japan’s participation in World War II increased, demand for landscape prints declined, and Shirō’s art took a new direction. He soon abandoned the Shin-Hanga style and joined the alternative Sosaku-Hanga, or Creative Prints, movement, in which artists did all carving and printing themselves instead of working with a publisher. Gift of Momotarō Yanagida, Mayor of Moji, Japan, sister city of Norfolk 61.72.6 Exhibition History"Gifts from Japan: Landscape Woodblocks in the Shin-Hanga Style," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 24 - July 26, 2015.
