Yūfuku Hot Spring in Iwami
by Oda Kazuma
- Date:
- 1925
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 39.2 × 26.5 cm
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Yūfuku hot spring in Iwami Province (modern Shimane Prefecture) was among the many onsen that Kazuma visited and documented in his travel prints. What distinguishes this 1925 woodblock print is its subject: a nude figure at the spring, the bathing form a natural extension of the onsen tradition. Kazuma handles the nude with the gentle, unforced naturalness of someone who has absorbed both the Japanese tradition of bathing as communal and healthful and the Western painterly tradition that saw the nude as a primary subject for the exploration of light on form.
More Prints by Oda Kazuma
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Tsuta Hot Springs in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Tsuta onsen), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Mutsu Tsuta onsen
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
Namari Spa, Iwate Prefecture (Iwate ken Namari onsen)
1943
Color woodblock print
Autumn at the Arayu Hot Spring, Shiobara
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Arifuku Spa, Iwami, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series" (Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Iwami Arifuku onsen)
1924
Color woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yūfuku Hot Spring in Iwami was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨) in 1925.
Yūfuku Hot Spring in Iwami depicts nude and spring.
Yūfuku Hot Spring in Iwami measures 39.2 × 26.5 cm.