On View
Not on viewObject number2011.61
Morning on Daikon Gashi (Daikon Wharf) from the series, Twenty Views of Tokyo
Artist
Hasui Kawase
(Japanese, 1883 - 1957)
Date1927
Mediumcolor woodblock print
Dimensionsimage: 14 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (36.5 × 24.1 cm)
sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (39.4 × 25.7 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (39.4 × 25.7 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alice and Eric Jensen
Exhibition History"The Arts of China and Japan: Selections from the Collection," KIA Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Dec. 15, 2012 - June 9, 2013).
"Impressions: Printmaking in Japan," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Apr. 1 - July 23, 2017).
"Vistas: Visions of China, Japan, and Korea," KIA Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Oct. 20, 2021 - Feb. 6, 2022)Label TextBlue pigments are employed here to elicit the mood of a calm morning. Early light gradually reveals the distant skyline as mist rises from
the quiet canal. The workday is beginning, with modest foot traffic across the bridge. Power lines and poles—indications of Japan’s rapid modernization—are silhouetted against the sky. Hasui Kawase was one of the most popular artists designing images for carving and printing for the shin-hanga publisher Shozaburo Watanabe, and he traveled throughout Japan, capturing numerous picturesque scenes like this one.
[From Cobalt to Indigo: The Power of Blue in East Asia, March 28 - July 12, 2026]
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Morning light gradually reveals the distant skyline as mist rises from the quiet canal.
The work day is beginning with modest foot traffic across the bridge. Power lines and poles—indications of Japan’s rapid modernization—are silhouetted against
the sky. Hasui Kawase was one of the most popular artists designing images to be carved and printed for shin-hanga publisher Shozaburo Watanabe. Kawase traveled throughout Japan in order to capture picturesque scenes.
