Yabakei
1918
Hashiguchi Goyō captures a moody, rain-soaked afternoon in the Yabakei valley, blending traditional Japanese aesthetics with modern sensibilities. Fine, vertical lines of rain sweep across the scene, blurring the distant mountains and turning the path into a muddy track for the weary travelers and their large-wheeled cart. As a leader of the Shin-hanga movement in 1918, Goyō was obsessed with capturing the exact feeling of weather and light. He likely sketched this scene on location, enduring the very downpour he later carved into woodblocks to create this atmospheric masterpiece.
- Technique
- Woodblock print
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