Osaka City-Japan
- Date:
- 1966
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 31.9 × 56.2 cm
- Source:
Osaka — Japan's commercial capital, architecturally bolder and more energetic than Kyoto — is Karhu's subject in this 1966 print, early in his Japanese career. The city's dense, assertive urban fabric responds to Karhu's eye with a different energy than his quieter Kyoto subjects, and the print reflects both his developing visual vocabulary and the character of a city that has always prided itself on its commercial vitality and architectural informality. The work is an early chapter in a long career of looking at 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.
Osaka City-Japan was created by Clifton Karhu in 1966.
Osaka City-Japan depicts urban scenes, set at Osaka.
Osaka City-Japan measures 31.9 × 56.2 cm (Oban format).
