Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1921
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24.1 × 36.5 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Shimohonda-machi in Kanazawa, published in 1921 as part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series, depicts one of the traditional merchant streets of Kanazawa's historic commercial district — the "lower Honcho" quarter that developed as the castle town's principal trading thoroughfare during the Edo period. Kanazawa, spared wartime bombing and thus retaining much of its Edo-period urban fabric, offered Hasui a streetscape of traditional machiya townhouses with their distinctive wood-lattice facades. The oban format gives the composition room to develop the street's spatial depth and architectural texture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1921.
Yes — Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" is part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series series (print 12) by Kawase Hasui.
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; oban.
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1921).
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" depicts travel scenes, set at Kanazawa.
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" measures 24.1 × 36.5 cm (Oban format).