Bunnosuke Chaya (Bunnosuke Teahouse) by Yoshida Hiroshi, 1940 Size:30x40in (75x100cm) Virginia: Virginia Beach

Virginia: Virginia Beach

Base map: Reduced from an Ordnance Survey map of the same period

The muted tones of the residential areas contrast with the lively hues of the commercial districts

he found a subject equal to his fascination with pattern and light

The Port of Bonifacio

Bunnosuke Chaya (Bunnosuke Teahouse) by Yoshida Hiroshi, 1940 Size:30x40in (75x100cm) Virginia: Virginia BeachBunnosuke Chaya (Bunnosuke Teahouse), created in 1940 by Yoshida Hiroshi, invites the viewer into a serene corner of everyday Japan. A leading figure of the Shin hanga movement, Yoshida revitalized traditional woodblock printing by marrying time honored ukiyo e techniques with a modern sensitivity to light, weather, and mood. Here he transforms a simple teahouse approach into a quietly luminous study of architecture and place, rendered in warm