Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1945
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Higashi-cho in Hirakata, published in 1945, depicts the eastern residential district of Hirakata city along the Yodo River corridor in Osaka Prefecture — a traditional townscape in the intermediate zone between Kyoto and Osaka. The 1945 date gives this quiet residential subject a distinctive wartime context: produced in the final year of the Pacific War, the composition focuses on the preserved domestic architecture of a small city, its traditional wooden houses and neighborhood streets representing the everyday civilian life continuing alongside the larger catastrophe. The undated quality (no tags, no series) gives it a documentary plainness.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1945.
Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1945).
Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho) depicts landscapes and village scenes.