Koizumi Kishio – Hyakkaen Park at Mokoujima

Original woodblock print, hand-signed by the artist. First published in 1932. The current print was printed in the Showa period (1926 – 1989).

Image size (excluding margins): 28.3 * 37.4 cm (11.1 * 14.7 in).

The print is in good state. There are some mild wrinkles in the paper, most notably in the white sky above the gate. There is also an imperfection in the ground right below the gate. On the back two small notes have been written in pencil.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Koizumi Kishio (1893–1945) is renowned as the creator of the print series One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era. Created between 1928 and 1940, the series chronicles Tokyo in the years leading up to the war, and its prints remain widely sought after. As a member of the Sosaku Hanga movement, Koizumi carved and printed his woodblocks himself, working in a distinctive style that has retained its artistic appeal.

After completing One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era, Koizumi began the series Thirty-six Views of the Sacred Peak of Mount Fuji. Although it was intended to comprise 36 designs, only 23 were finished. He became ill during the final years of the war, after being forced to evacuate Tokyo, and passed away in 1945.

See an overview of Koizumi Kishio's woodblock prints