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A House in the City (Machi no ie), from the series "Manchuria (Manshu)" by Umetaro Azechi — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, 1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)

A House in the City (Machi no ie), from the series "Manchuria (Manshu)"

by Umetaro Azechi

Sōsaku-hanga
Urban Scenes
Date:
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Medium:
Color woodblock print; oban
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Self-printed

Description

The 1945 House in the City from the Manchuria series documents Azechi's wartime experience in the occupied territories of northeastern China, where he served and observed life in a landscape dramatically different from the Japanese Alps he would later celebrate. The Manchurian city street—its architecture a layered hybrid of Chinese, Russian, and Japanese colonial influences—appears in his bold flat style as a subject of sociological observation rather than scenic pleasure, the occupied city's ordinariness more interesting to him than its geopolitical drama.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A House in the City (Machi no ie), from the series "Manchuria (Manshu)" was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎) in 1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?).

Yes — A House in the City (Machi no ie), from the series "Manchuria (Manshu)" is part of the Manchuria (Manshu) series by Umetaro Azechi.

A House in the City (Machi no ie), from the series "Manchuria (Manshu)" depicts urban scenes.