Created in 1928,Dtonboriis an enchanting view into a rare, quiet moment in the normally bustling tourist section of Osaka.Through a delicate silhouette of a cascading willow tree, were transported to the banks of theDtonboricanal. With washes of deep indigo and emphasis on shadowed forms,Dtonboriexemplifies the mr-tai style, a modernist approach to woodblock prints made popular during the Meiji period of Japan. Hazy, diffuse formsinfluenced by popular Western artistic styles at the timewere favored over the delicate line drawings of earlier, Edo ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Similar toKonensHat zu waves,Dtonboricaptures a moment frozen in time with impressionistic dynamicism.