At Victoria B.C., Canada
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Typical Price
$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: As an early sosaku-hanga pioneer, Kawakami's prints have historical significance. His distinctive graphic style is collected.
Description
"At Victoria B.C., Canada" records Kawakami's engagement with the Western world beyond the Japan he depicted through the lens of historical Nagasaki — a direct encounter with a Western city, the capital of British Columbia with its colonial-era architecture and harbor setting. Victoria's resemblance to certain aspects of Meiji-era Japan (both cities were shaped by Victorian-era Western culture arriving via the Pacific) gives Kawakami's rendering an unexpected familiarity, as if the historical encounters his Nagasaki prints depicted had led him here at last.
More Prints by Sumio Kawakami
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
At Victoria B.C., Canada was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生).
At Victoria B.C., Canada depicts urban scenes, architecture, and travel scenes.