Fumio Kitaoka’s 1974 Woodblock print “霧の琵琶湖 (Fog over Lake Biwa)” shrouds Japan’s largest freshwater lake in ethereal mist, with silhouetted boats and a lone angler casting into the silvery dawn. A masterful study of atmosphere and subtle gradations of tone. 🌫️🚣🌅
- Year & Edition: 1974 · Ed. of 100 (42/100) (signed, titled & dated in pencil).
- Medium: Woodblock.
- Dimensions: Sheet W: 63.50 cm × H: 48.50 cm; Image W: 54.50 cm × H: 39.50 cm.
- Condition: Lovely piece; no marks to image; light foxing to margins; paper generally clean & crisp; faint mount line.
- Notes: Captures the morning fog drifting over 滋賀県’s Lake Biwa (琵琶湖), north-east of Kyoto, with subtle colour gradations and Kitaoka’s signature watermark to the margin.
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