Hiroshima is Karhu's subject in this 1964 print — a city that was, just nineteen years after the atomic bombing, in the middle of an intense reconstruction that gave its urban fabric a mixture of postwar modernity and surviving traditional elements. Karhu's response to Hiroshima is architectural rather than commemorative, finding in the rebuilt city's streets and buildings the same visual interest he brought to Kyoto and Fukuoka. The work offers a rare glimpse of postwar Hiroshima's urban landscape through the lens of a printmaker committed to recording the built environment of Japanese cities.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hiroshima was created by Clifton Karhu in 1964.
Hiroshima depicts urban scenes and architecture, set at Hiroshima.
Hiroshima measures 33.2 × 41 cm (Oban format).
