Takayama
- Date:
- 1964
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 26.7 × 48.1 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Typical Price
- Early Karhu work (pre-1970) in excellent condition: $1,000–$3,000
- Fine early composition: $500–$1,500
- Standard early impression: $200–$600
Description
Takayama — the beautifully preserved old town in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture, its sake breweries and merchant houses maintaining the Edo-period fabric better than almost any other Japanese city — is Karhu's subject in this 1964 print, early in his Japanese career. Takayama's architecture, with its dark-timbered facades and deep-eaved rooflines, provided Karhu with a version of the traditional urban fabric he was developing his eye for, richer in surface texture and more immediately legible as historical than the already-modernizing streets of the major cities.
More Prints by Clifton Karhu
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Takayama was created by Clifton Karhu in 1964.
Takayama depicts urban scenes, architecture, and travel scenes.
Takayama measures 26.7 × 48.1 cm (Oban format).