Hanamikoji St., Kyoto
Description
Hanamikoji is Gion's most celebrated street — the Kyoto lane where ochaya teahouses line both sides and geiko (geisha) pass regularly in the evenings, a scene that has become almost synonymous with traditional Kyoto's preserved beauty. Nishijima renders this famous street with his characteristic precision for traditional architectural form: the ochaya façades with their distinctive wooden lattices, the stone-paved lane, the lanterns that illuminate the evening passage of entertainers. His composition honors the street's iconic status while insisting on its specific architectural reality rather than its romantic aura.
More Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima
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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
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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
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hanamikoji St., Kyoto was created by Katsuyuki Nishijima (西島勝之).
Hanamikoji St., Kyoto depicts urban scenes, bijin-ga, and architecture, set at Kyoto.