Yoshida Feng (sold)
Yoshida Feng (吉田豐, fl. c. 1900 - 1942) was a Japanese artist and viewmaker in the style of Yoshida Hatsu Saburo (吉田 初三郎). He is known to have produced two views: a 1935 view of Kyoto entitled 'City view of Osaka' (大大阪市市势大观) and a large-scale view of Shanghai entitled, 'Aerial view of the construction design of the new city of Shanghai' (大上海新都市建設計畫鳥瞰圖). Little else is known of his history, training, or life.
The Shanghai of tomorrow envisioned!
Aerial View of the Construction Design of the New City of Shanghai. / 大上海新都市建設計畫鳥瞰圖
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An outstanding 1941 / Minguo 30 / Showa 16 bird's-eye view map of 'Greater Shanghai', a massive-scale redevelopment of Shanghai proposed between 1927 and 1945. The view by Yoshida Feng (吉田豐) looks southward on Shanghai from an assumed highpoint above modern day Binjaing Forest Park, near where the Huangpu River empties into the Baoshan Waterway. The original intention of 'Greater Shanghai' was to replace the foreign-run concession zone with a larger spectacular new Chinese-governed city that would act as Shanghai's economic and political hub. In line with these values, Greater Shanghai, appearing in the foreground, presents a well laid out and commodious modern city, with an enormous port, monumental architecture, spacious gardens, and comfortable residential areas. By contract, the foreign concession area, appearing in the distance, seems diminished, small, and crowded. (more details)