Canal in Osaka
- Date:
- 1941
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Osaka's network of canals — a legacy of its role as Japan's commercial capital since the Naniwa period — is captured here in 1941 as a working waterway still lined with traditional wooden warehouses and moored craft. The composition likely shows one of the inner city canals such as the Dotonbori or Nagahori, their stone embankments reflecting the late afternoon light. Yoshida documents the merchant city's traditional face at a historical moment when war and modernization were rapidly transforming it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Canal in Osaka was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1941.
Canal in Osaka was published by Yoshida Studio (1941).
Canal in Osaka depicts rivers & lakes, set at Osaka.