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Koizumi, Kishio (1893 - 1945)

Nanushi Waterfall at Ōji
Number 95 from the series One hundred pictures of Great Tokyo in the Shōwa era, published in August 1937.

Euro SOLD

Fine impression, colours and condition.
Size: 30.2 x 39.2 cm (11.8"x 15.4").
Pencil-signed, numbered and dated in the margin. The blocks of this series were carved by the artist himself. This particular print is on thick paper, and the series title in the right margin is impressed instead of printed.

This series is discussed in a recent publication: Tokyo: The Imperial Capital, Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940, published by The Wolfsonian (Florida) in 2003.