Shanghai
- Date:
- 1920s
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A Shanghai street scene rendered in Henmi's sosaku-hanga color woodblock technique, depicting the dense, international cityscape of China's great commercial metropolis as observed by a Japanese artist in the 1920s. Shanghai was a city of radical juxtapositions — Chinese, European, and Japanese architectural and cultural influences layered over one another — and Henmi's print captures the visual complexity of this urban environment from the position of an outsider drawn to the strangeness of the scene.
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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
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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)"
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Shanghai was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享) in 1920s.
Shanghai depicts urban scenes, figures, and travel scenes.