Ginza by Night
by Oda Kazuma
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
Description
Ginza at night — the great commercial boulevard illuminated by its famous electric signs and shop lights, the crowd of evening visitors filling the broad sidewalks — was one of Kazuma's defining subjects. His nocturnal Ginza prints capture the specific quality of the district in the interwar period: the excitement of modern urban illumination combined with the distinctly Japanese social ritual of the Ginza promenade. The wet street reflections, the warm amber of shop interiors, and the moving crowd create the characteristic atmosphere of his finest urban nocturnes.
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A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ginza by Night was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
Ginza by Night depicts urban scenes and night scenes, set at Ginza.