Ochanomizu
御茶ノ水
- Date:
- 1956
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 24 × 36 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description
The Ochanomizu district in Tokyo — where the Kanda River cuts through a steep gorge to create the city's most dramatic natural topographic feature — appears here in 1956, the railway bridges and university buildings of the postwar era visible along the gorge rim. Kasamatsu's postwar Ochanomizu print records how this district survived the war's destruction while the city around it was rebuilt in a new idiom. The gorge's geology persists beneath the modern overlay, and his composition finds that persistence in the relationship between stone walls and flowing water.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ochanomizu (御茶ノ水) was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪) in 1956.
Ochanomizu uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Ochanomizu was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1956).
Ochanomizu depicts urban scenes, rivers & lakes, and architecture.
Ochanomizu measures 24 × 36 cm (Oban format).