Wangan Shibaura 湾岸芝浦 (Tokyo Bay Side: Shibaura) / Tokyo hyakkei niju-isseiki e no messeeji 東京百景 ２１世紀へのメッセージ (One Hundred Views of Tokyo: Message to the 21st Century)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
- Image courtesy of
- British Museum
Description
A bird's-eye view over a modern Tokyo waterfront district, with clusters of white high-rise buildings, an elevated highway curving through the foreground, and a harbor filled with small boats and industrial cranes beyond. Airplanes appear in the pale sky above the bay, and the palette is dominated by cool grays, blues, and whites. Woodblock print by Fumio Kitaoka, from the series One Hundred Views of Tokyo: Message to the 21st Century, titled Tokyo Bay Side: Shibaura.
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Wangan Shibaura 湾岸芝浦 (Tokyo Bay Side: Shibaura) / Tokyo hyakkei niju-isseiki e no messeeji 東京百景 ２１世紀へのメッセージ (One Hundred Views of Tokyo: Message to the 21st Century) was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Wangan Shibaura 湾岸芝浦 (Tokyo Bay Side: Shibaura) / Tokyo hyakkei niju-isseiki e no messeeji 東京百景 ２１世紀へのメッセージ (One Hundred Views of Tokyo: Message to the 21st Century) depicts landscapes.