Abstract
This study examined the bird's-eye view “Guide Map of Gora Park” by painter Hatsusaburo YOSHIDA (1884-1955) from the theory of plastic arts. In Hatsusaburo's bird's-eye views, the relative positions and perspectives of buildings and transportation are emphasized in many places to express the subject he wanted to depict in an easy-to-understand way. As a result, “exaggerated distortion” frequently appears in the work. We believe that a graphic approach is essential to clarify the compositional characteristics of Hatsusaburo's bird's-eye views, which go beyond their role as simple geographical maps and have strong painterly elements. In order to clarify the composition of Hatsusaburo's bird's-eye views, we analyze the composition using line drawings and visualize the distortion using camera parameters in 3D software. Then, we discuss the projection expression of the landmarks depicted and discuss Hatsusaburo's efforts as a bird's-eye view painter.
