Musashino 武蔵野風景

SAKURAI Eiichi 桜井栄一

In the center of this rural landscape found on the outskirts of Tokyo, a man is walking, pushing a bicycle. The image is filled with nostalgia for disappearing landscapes and ways of life. While it includes a modern element in the bicycle, the longing for the past that it communicates is very much the attitude that NAKAJIMA Kenkichi advocated. It shows an aspect of Japanese feeling that transcends a particular era. By remaining true to this attitude, this photographer won wide acclaim overseas after World War II.

Collection of: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Title: Musashino
Original title: 武蔵野風景
Artist Name: SAKURAI Eiichi
Year: 1932
Material / Technique: Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
Dimensions: 225x238mm
Accession number: 10004058
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”: https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/37723/