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The portfolio Tôkyô kaikô zue - Scenes of last Tokyo, published by Fugaku Shuppansha in December 1945.
Groundbreaking set of 15 prints taking "a nostalgic look at a Tokyo then largely destroyed or seriously damaged". Contributions by the leading Sosaku Hanga artists of the day: Onchi Kôshirô (3), Hiratsuka Un'ichi (2), Yamaguchi Gen (2), Kawakami Sumio (2), Maekawa Senpan (2), Maeda Masao (1), Saito Kiyoshi (1), Sekino Jun'ichirô (1) and Azechi Umetarô (1).

Euro SOLD

Fine impression, colours and condition: each print is in its original mat (with title label in Kanji and English), table of contents, and the front of the original green folder: this folder was made of inferior material and is nearly always found damaged, or has been discarded.