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Minakuchi, Traditional Houses by Walter Padgett
Minakuchi, Traditional Houses
Walter Padgett
Title
Minakuchi, Traditional Houses
Artist
Walter Padgett
1945 - PRESENT (biography)Year
2007
Technique
color woodcut
Image Size
11 5/16 x 17 7/8" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
8 of 200
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned; yellow seal with artist's signature in upper left; Japanese text down down right side
Reference
Paper
ivory Echizen Kozo
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
WAPA110
Price
$625.00
Description
The town of Minakuchi was established in 1889 during the Edo period to serve as a post town along the Tokaido Road. In 2004 it was absorbed, along with four other towns, by the Koka District to form the city of Koka. Here, Walter Padgett combines two types of traditional Japanese architecture - one structure with a tiled roof and family crest at its peak, the other thatched - that he has connected with signs of modern times: an antenna and telephone cables.