Koizumi Kishio
One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era

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One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era
ArtistJapanese, 1893–1945
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era
Date1928–1940
MediumSet of 100 woodblock prints
DimensionsSheet (each): 15 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (39.4 × 29.8 cm)
Storage box: 5 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 17 1/8 in. (14 × 54.6 × 43.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.1596.1-.100
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate Japanese Collection, before 2023; [Abe Japanese Art, Tokyo, by 2023]; [Scholten Japanese Art, New York, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.

Exhibition HistoryN/A
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The outer box lid is titled on the top of the lid in brushed sumi ink: 昭和大東京百図絵版書集(Showa dai Tokyo hyakuzue hanga-shu) “(A collection of) 100 Views of Great Tokyo in the Show Era".
The inside lid is dated in brushed sumi ink: (Koki nissen-roppyaku-nen kansei) "Imperial Era 2600"
The inside lid is signed in brushed sumi ink: (Koizumi Kishio) with the artist's red seal (Kishio-in)

Each print is inscribed in pencil with the date of production and artist’s signature.
Each print bears an artist’s seal and signature. Note that these vary significantly throughout the set as the artist changed seals (as they were worn out or simply due to style) as well as styles of signature. On a few occasions, such as during 1936, he also added the date to his signature. Each print also bears a title (usually at upper-left) along with a pre-printed date along one margin, with spaces left for the artist to pencil in the specific month and year of publication.
Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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