![Misty Night at Miyajima (Oboroyo [Miyajima]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" by Kawase Hasui — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, 1921](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/5824b40b-c8ce-25e6-e625-9bde604539e6/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Misty Night at Miyajima (Oboroyo [Miyajima]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Oboroyo [Miyajima]
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1921
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24.1 × 36.5 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
A nocturnal view of Miyajima's famous torii gate shrouded in mist, from the second Souvenirs of Travel series. Lifetime editions sell for $600-$2,500. Night scenes at Miyajima combine two of Hasui's most valued qualities: atmospheric darkness and an iconic sacred site. Fine impressions showing nuanced gradation in the misty sky command prices at the top of the range.
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