Matoba, Takehara (Takehara Matoba (Hiroshima ken))
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1948
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Matoba at Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture, published in 1948, depicts a district of Takehara city on the Seto Inland Sea coast of Hiroshima — a port town known for its preserved Edo-period merchant townhouse district (one of Japan's best-preserved) and for the salt industry that made it prosperous. Takehara's Matoba area likely captures the historic commercial district with its traditional machiya streetscape and the peaceful Inland Sea visible beyond. The 1948 date, just three years after Hiroshima's destruction, gives this documentation of a nearby Inland Sea town a quietly restorative quality.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Matoba, Takehara (Takehara Matoba (Hiroshima ken)) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1948.
Matoba, Takehara (Takehara Matoba (Hiroshima ken)) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1948).
Matoba, Takehara (Takehara Matoba (Hiroshima ken)) depicts urban scenes, seascapes, and architecture, set at Hiroshima.