Day 2506: A wonky landscape?

Wonky Landscape: junk mail, collage, watercolor & digital

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60-Year Old Illustrations of Kobe 

Contrasted with Contemporary Photos

Port of Kobe

In the 1950s, woodblock print artist Hide Kawanishi produced 

a series of color illustrations that depicted the changing city of Kobe after WWII. In 1962 he published the artwork in a book titled One Hundred Scenes of Kobe. It would become the artist’s last major accomplishment before passing away in 1965.

Neon lights of Moto-Machi

Some 60 years later, Takayuki Kita, enchanted by the work 

of Kawanishi, spent 2 years hunting down each and every location. “I was driven by the magic of Hide Kawanishi in his enthusiasm of grasping the deep spirit and fantasy of Kobe out of the unique architecture scattered in the city,” says the traveler, who arranged his contemporary photographs alongside the artwork.

Mt. Rokko at Night

Shiogahara Park

The illustrations themselves are beautiful and obviously can stand on their own. But it’s also a fascinating and surreal exercise to compare the two scenes. All 100 illustrations, along with their contemporary photographs (and google map location), are available on the official Kobe City website. And used copies of the original book are also floating around the internet if you’re interested.

Hakutsuru Art Museum

Nada Sake Brewery

Nankin Machi (China Town)

Kobe Station

Suma Beach

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Costa Mesa, CA 2002

A smile for Thursday ...