Night Scene of Dōgashima in Hakone (Hakone Dōgashima no yakei 箱根堂ヶ島の夜景), from the series “The Distribution Committee of Kiyochika’s Landscape Prints” (Kiyochika fūkei shinga hanpukai 清親風景真画頒布会)
Night Scene of Dōgashima in Hakone (Hakone Dōgashima no yakei 箱根堂ヶ島の夜景), from the series “The Distribution Committee of Kiyochika’s Landscape Prints” (Kiyochika fūkei shinga hanpukai 清親風景真画頒布会)

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Night Scene of Dōgashima in Hakone (Hakone Dōgashima no yakei 箱根堂ヶ島の夜景), from the series “The Distribution Committee of Kiyochika’s Landscape Prints” (Kiyochika fūkei shinga hanpukai 清親風景真画頒布会),

ca. 1915 [Taishō 4]

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1847–1915
Published by Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2011-13

Information

Title
Night Scene of Dōgashima in Hakone (Hakone Dōgashima no yakei 箱根堂ヶ島の夜景), from the series “The Distribution Committee of Kiyochika’s Landscape Prints” (Kiyochika fūkei shinga hanpukai 清親風景真画頒布会)
Dates

ca. 1915 [Taishō 4]

Maker
Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親
Published by Matsuki Heikichi 松木平吉
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 20 x 31.6 cm sheet: 27.3 x 40 cm. (10 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.) mount: 31.5 x 44.4 cm
Credit Line
Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund
Object Number
2011-13
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Publisher’s stamp verso Verso: Kiyochika fūkei shinga hanpu kai 清親風景真画頒布会 [the Distribution Committee of Kiyochika's Landscape Prints] Watermark of four characters, left margin: Kiyochika hanga 清親版画
Description
The print is from the same series and limited edition as the above print “Heavy Rain at Ochanomizu Bridge.” It renders an enchanting night scene at mountainous Hakone, with a group of travelers crossing the bridge in the darkness.
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
night, shadows, bridges (built works), bridges (built works), fires, torches (lighting devices), figures (representations)

–2011 Japan Print Gallery (London, United Kingdom), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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