An Osaka Canal
- Date:
- 1941
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 19.5 × 25.4 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Osaka's historic canal network — the waterways that made the city Japan's commercial capital for centuries — is captured here in 1941 in one of Yoshida's late urban studies. Stone embankments, moored boats, and the reflective surface of canal water form the composition, the city's merchant character visible in the working waterfront. This and related Osaka canal prints represent Yoshida's continued interest in documenting the traditional face of Japanese cities even as industrialization and wartime conditions reshaped them.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An Osaka Canal was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1941.
An Osaka Canal was published by Yoshida Studio (1941).
An Osaka Canal depicts rivers & lakes, set at Osaka.
An Osaka Canal measures 19.5 × 25.4 cm (Oban format).