Remark of Shanghai
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
Shanghai's waterfront, its architecture, or its teeming street life provides the subject for this woodblock print, where Nagase records impressions of China's largest city. The title's use of "remark" suggests a visual comment or observation rather than a comprehensive portrait, as though the print captures a single telling detail or viewpoint rather than attempting to represent the whole metropolis. Shanghai's Bund, its garden bridges, and its layered mix of Chinese, Western, and modernist architecture offered visiting artists a visual feast of contrasting styles. Nagase filters this urban complexity through the woodblock medium, which imposes its own simplifying discipline of carved line and flat color on the city's chaotic vitality.
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Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
Remark of Shanghai was created by Nagase Yoshio (永瀬義郎).
Remark of Shanghai depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and travel scenes.