Gotanro - An suburban elevated train station
by Oda Kazuma
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Oda Kazuma
Another composition from the Gotanro series focusing on an elevated train station, this print likely presents a different vantage point or time of day than the numbered variant from the same series. Oda's interest in the elevated railway as subject extended to repeated depictions from varied angles, a practice reflecting his documentary approach to urban infrastructure. The station platform or approach stairway would provide architectural framing, with the geometry of beams, supports, and rails organizing the picture plane. Oda used the woodblock medium to articulate the contrast between rough industrial surfaces—iron, concrete, unpainted timber—and the atmospheric qualities of sky and ambient light above the city.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Gotanro - An suburban elevated train station was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
Gotanro - An suburban elevated train station depicts transportation.
