Onjuku, Chiba (Chiba Onjuku)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1950
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Onjuku in Chiba, published in 1950, depicts the small fishing village of Onjuku on the Pacific coast of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture — a surf-exposed beach town that was also a historically significant cultural site where early Meiji-era foreign visitors (including President Ulysses S. Grant's party) landed. The Pacific coast at Onjuku, directly exposed to the open ocean swells, offered Hasui a more energetic marine subject than his sheltered bay views. The 1950 date places this among his active postwar documentation of Japan's coastal towns and fishing communities.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Onjuku, Chiba (Chiba Onjuku) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1950.
Onjuku, Chiba (Chiba Onjuku) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1950).
Onjuku, Chiba (Chiba Onjuku) depicts seascapes and village scenes.