Kanaya-cho, Nagasaki, from the series "Selection of Scenes of Japan" (Nihon fukei senshu, Nagasaki Kanaya-cho)
by Kawase Hasui
- Series:
- Selection of Views of Japan
- Date:
- 1923
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Kanaya-cho in Nagasaki, from the Selection of Scenes of Japan published in 1923, depicts one of Nagasaki's distinctive hillside neighborhoods — the Kanaya-cho ("gold valley quarter") area where the city's steeply terraced streets and mix of Japanese, Dutch, and Chinese architectural influences created the most visually complex urban landscape in Japan. Nagasaki's unique position as Japan's sole international trading port during the Edo period gave it an architectural character found nowhere else: Chinese-style gables alongside Dutch-influenced brick warehouses alongside traditional Japanese townhouses. Hasui's 1923 composition captures this extraordinary cultural layering.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kanaya-cho, Nagasaki, from the series "Selection of Scenes of Japan" (Nihon fukei senshu, Nagasaki Kanaya-cho) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1923.
Yes — Kanaya-cho, Nagasaki, from the series "Selection of Scenes of Japan" (Nihon fukei senshu, Nagasaki Kanaya-cho) is part of the Selection of Views of Japan series (print 23) by Kawase Hasui.
Kanaya-cho, Nagasaki, from the series "Selection of Scenes of Japan" (Nihon fukei senshu, Nagasaki Kanaya-cho) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kanaya-cho, Nagasaki, from the series "Selection of Scenes of Japan" (Nihon fukei senshu, Nagasaki Kanaya-cho) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1923).