Title: Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond (at Veno Park, Tokyo)
Creator: Shiro Kasamatsu
Date: 1932
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Color Woodcut
Dimensions: 36×24 cm
Location: Wetmore Print Collection, Art History Dept, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London
Distinctive Visual Characteristics: This Japanese print shows a beautiful park lit by lanterns during the end of a sunset. This piece is simple at first glance but there is actually a great amount of detail in it, the water ripples, lines on the light posts, the leaves, so much detail while still looking somewhat blurry. This print is important because it shows the beauty of the Japanese landscape blended with society’s sidewalks, lights and arches.
