#2Shinbashi at Night (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6)
by Oda Kazuma
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- The Art of Japan
by Oda Kazuma
The second print in the set shifts to a nighttime exterior of Shinbashi, the commercial and entertainment district in central Tokyo that bordered the Ginza. Oda renders electric streetlights and illuminated storefronts against a dark ground, a compositional strategy that foregrounds Japan's rapid electrification as visual subject matter. Figures move along the street or pause under awnings, their silhouettes and partial illumination giving the scene documentary immediacy. [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradation in the sky likely transitions from deep indigo to a warmer tone near light sources. The series progresses through a single evening's Tokyo circuit, and Shinbashi functions as an early stop before the later Ginza subjects.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
#2Shinbashi at Night (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6) was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
#2Shinbashi at Night (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6) depicts night scenes.
