Koizumi Kishio

小泉癸巳男 · 1893–1945

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.

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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.